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13 hours ago

Bat Season Is Here: What Homeowners Need To Know About Keeping Them Out

"Bats can access your home through small openings, including window cracks, foundational gaps, and openings for electrical wires, vents, and chimneys."
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fromNature
2 days ago

How the world's biggest bats got their enormous wingspans

Genetic analysis reveals that flying foxes possess a unique set of genes associated with their enormous wingspans. These genetic factors influence their growth and adaptation to island ecosystems.
Science
fromwww.nature.com
1 week ago

Replay and representation dynamics in the hippocampus of freely flying bats

Wireless recordings from the hippocampus of freely flying bats revealed time-compressed replay of flight trajectories during rest, which occurred at locations distant from the actual behavior.
fromMail Online
3 weeks ago

Two new viruses discovered in bats in China - that could infect humans

By analysing the infectome of bat kidneys collected near village orchards and caves in Yunnan, we uncovered not only the diverse microbes bats carry, but also the first full-length genomes of novel bat-borne henipaviruses closely related to Hendra and Nipah viruses identified in China.
Coronavirus
#ecosystem-health
fromNature
1 month ago
Coronavirus

Two distinct host-specialized fungal species cause white-nose disease in bats - Nature

fromNature
1 month ago
Coronavirus

Two distinct host-specialized fungal species cause white-nose disease in bats - Nature

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Major League Baseball
fromwww.nytimes.com
3 months ago

Meet the MIT physicist turned Marlins coach behind the torpedo' bats used by the Yankees

The Yankees innovated their bats with customized designs after extensive research, contributing to their franchise-record nine-home run performance.
Major League Baseball
fromwww.nytimes.com
3 months ago

Meet the MIT physicist turned Marlins coach behind the torpedo' bats used by the Yankees

The Yankees innovated their bats with customized designs after extensive research, contributing to their franchise-record nine-home run performance.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Reeves scapegoating bats to cut red tape is absurd, says Packham

Chris Packham criticized Rachel Reeves for scapegoating bats in planning regulations, stating that environmental protections are vital despite their impact on economic growth.
UK politics
Coronavirus
fromCornell Chronicle
4 months ago

Changes in bats' diets increase spread of viruses, spillover risk | Cornell Chronicle

Bats on poor diets due to habitat loss shed more virus, increasing spillover risk to horses and humans.
Coronavirus
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 months ago

Unknown Deadly Illness Strikes Eastern Congo

A deadly unidentified illness linked to bat consumption has emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing over 50 people and infecting hundreds.
OMG science
fromNature
10 months ago

Daily briefing: The Doritos dye that makes mouse tissue transparent

The loss of bats due to disease leads to increased pesticide use, negatively impacting human health.
A dye used in food colors has revolutionized tissue imaging in live animals.
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