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Bats

  • Heatwaves are killing India’s fruit bats, crucial to pollination and seed dispersal

    Heatwaves are killing India’s fruit bats, crucial to pollination and seed dispersal

    Shuchita Jha
    · Jul 14, 2024 · 07:30 pm
  • Scientists find striking parallels between the babbling of bat pups and human babies

    Scientists find striking parallels between the babbling of bat pups and human babies

    Ahana Aurora Fernandez, The Conversation
    · Sep 24, 2021 · 11:30 pm
  • Watch: Winners of microscopic video contest show incredible footage unseen by the naked eye

    Watch: Winners of microscopic video contest show incredible footage unseen by the naked eye

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 23, 2021 · 11:00 am
  • An Ebola-like virus called Mengla has been found in China

    An Ebola-like virus called Mengla has been found in China

    Muhammad Munir, The Conversation
    · Jan 19, 2019 · 02:30 pm
  • If we’re going to stop Ebola in the future, we have to know its hiding places

    If we’re going to stop Ebola in the future, we have to know its hiding places

    Leigh Cowart, Mosaic
    · May 27, 2018 · 02:30 pm
  • Explainer: What exactly is the Nipah virus and what does it do when it enters the human body?

    Explainer: What exactly is the Nipah virus and what does it do when it enters the human body?

    Nayantara Narayanan
    · May 24, 2018 · 07:00 am
  • Video: A house in Gujarat where a woman lives with 500 bats is attracting local attention

    Video: A house in Gujarat where a woman lives with 500 bats is attracting local attention

    Barcroft TV
    · Jan 04, 2018 · 06:04 pm
  • Can bats – the carriers of many deadly diseases – help humans survive the next pandemic?

    Can bats – the carriers of many deadly diseases – help humans survive the next pandemic?

    Arinjay Banerjee, Karen Mossman, The Conversation
    · Dec 03, 2017 · 02:30 pm
  • Lab notes: Indian bats may be the new carriers of rabies

    Lab notes: Indian bats may be the new carriers of rabies

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 04, 2017 · 05:30 am
  • Video: Forget drones, here's the first flying robot bat to the rescue

    Video: Forget drones, here's the first flying robot bat to the rescue

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 12, 2017 · 02:00 pm