In a new study, bats lap up vaccine-laced saline or chow down on vaccine-carrying mosquitoes. Will that have any impact on the flying mammal’s immune system?
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Unlike the government, the quiz never stopped. Can you ace this week’s test?
This week’s quiz is mercifully light on politics, unless you count President James Garfield, a Kennedy family member and a new House rep … OK, so it’s not light on politics. But there are geese?
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Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there’s video! What does it portend?
Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats … and virus spread to humans?
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Bats catch a lift from storm winds on long-distance migrations
Migrating hundreds and hundreds of miles is hard work for the common noctule bat. But this European species makes its marathon journey a little bit easier by paying attention to the weather.
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This scientist has a bat tat and earrings. She says there’s a lot to learn from bats
Gliselle Marin is the only bat scientist from Belize to be part of the country’s yearly “Bat-a-thon,” a confab of researchers who study the winged mammals. Analyzing bat poop is one of her priorities.
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Bats are like riddles. The Bat-a-thon aims to solve them
It’s the 16th Bat-a-thon in Belize. Researchers think the flying mammals can teach us about warding off pathogens and managing diabetes. They trap bats in nets, draw blood … but no bats are harmed.
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How do we halt the next pandemic? Be kind to critters like bats, says a new paper
A team of scientists argue that new vaccines and treatments wouldn’t be critical if humans could figure out how to stop viruses from spilling over from animals in the first place.
