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Flying foxes flying in the sky at 17 island marine park in Riung, Flores, Indonesia. (Getty Images/Bruno Guerreiro)

Why bats don't get sick from viruses

Matthew Rozsa
The common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) (Getty Images/Zdenek Macat)

Bats “surf” on storms, study finds

Matthew Rozsa
An Arnold Air Force Base team member swabs the muzzle of a tricolored bat in a cave near Arnold AFB, Tennessee, Dec. 5, 2022, to contribute to a study by Virginia Tech concerning the species and white-nose syndrome. WNS is named for a fungus that often looks like white fuzz on the muzzles of infected bats. Currently, there is not a cure for the disease. ((U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett))

Bat deaths linked to infant mortality

Troy Farah
A wildlife biologist checking the wings of a Big Brown Bat for signs of White-nose Syndrome. (Getty Images/JasonOndreicka)

Hope treating a deadly disease in bats

Matthew Rozsa
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A painted bat (Kerivoula picta) roosting under Rhizophora stylosa leaf. (Wiki Media Commons/Abu Hamas)

Etsy should stop selling dead bats

Matthew Rozsa
Serotine bat (Alona Shulenko, CC BY-SA)

These bat penises are too long for sex

Matthew Rozsa
Colony of Little Brown Bats (Getty Images/Joe McDonald)

Prevent the next pandemic. Avoid bats

Steve Osofsky, Susan Lieberman - Undark
Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) in flight (Getty Images/imageBROKER/Dieter Mahlke)

Solar farms drive away bats

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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A bumblebee, chimpanzee and humpback whale (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Do animals have social lives?

Matthew Rozsa
A baby grey headed flying fox bat hangs with its mother on January 27, 2020 in Bomaderry, Australia. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Bats use baby talk

Ahana Aurora Fernandez - The Conversation
Bats flying (Chico Sanchez/Getty Images)

Bats and coronaviruses: A love story

Matthew Rozsa
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Deforestation helps virus spread

Amy Y. Vittor, Gabriel Zorello Laporta, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum - The Conversation
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COVID-19 reignites debate over bats

Katherine J. Wu - Undark
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Bats can carry viruses without symptoms

Marnie Willman - Massive Science
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Should we be afraid of bats?

Matthew Rozsa
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