Trail cameras provide scientists and conservationists with unprecedented opportunities to observe animal behavior from afar, and "solar-powered camera traps" in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park ...

Across North America, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and other pesticides had a significant impact on bats from the ...

Northumberland Zoo is hand-rearing one of the world's largest and rarest fruit bat babies, who has been named Fender. The ...

A man is in critical condition after contracting a rare bat virus in Australia. The first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) has been reported in the state of New South Wales ...

Modern agricultural applications require knowledge about the position and size of fruits on plants. However, occlusions from leaves typically make obtaining this information difficult. We present a ...

Fruit bats are known to dip down into water for a drink and sometimes misjudge the depth, leading to accidental falls. This bat may have mistaken the pool for a freshwater source and gotten more ...

Fruit bats are known to dip down into water for a drink and sometimes misjudge the depth, leading to accidental falls. This bat may have mistaken the pool for a freshwater source and gotten more than ...

20 new bat viruses discovered in China's fruit orchard amidst ongoing COVID surge; Are humans at risk?

Two newly discovered viruses lurking in bats are dangerously similar to Nipah and Hendra, both of which have caused deadly outbreaks in humans. Found in fruit bats near villages, these viruses may ...