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A Virologist’s Nightmare: People And Predators Keep Going Into A Cave Full Of Bats With Marburg Virusa Egyptian fruit bat hanging upset down.

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A Virologist’s Nightmare: People And Predators Keep Going Into A Cave Full Of Bats With Marburg Virusa Egyptian fruit bat hanging upset down.
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A Virologist’s Nightmare: People And Predators Keep Going Into A Cave Full Of Bats With Marburg Virus

clock-iconApril 22, 2026

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“Loss Of A Whole Generation”: Heat Wave Kills Thousands Of Australian Flying Foxes, Pushing Some Further Towards ExtinctionA rescuer wearing thick gloves holds two flying fox bats upside down in a towel

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“Loss Of A Whole Generation”: Heat Wave Kills Thousands Of Australian Flying Foxes, Pushing Some Further Towards ExtinctionA rescuer wearing thick gloves holds two flying fox bats upside down in a towel
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“Loss Of A Whole Generation”: Heat Wave Kills Thousands Of Australian Flying Foxes, Pushing Some Further Towards Extinction

clock-iconJanuary 16, 2026
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Bat Species Not Seen In 55 Years Rediscovered And Filmed For First Time – Just Look At Those EarsA really cutie little grey bat with a white belly and really long delicate ears

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Bat Species Not Seen In 55 Years Rediscovered And Filmed For First Time – Just Look At Those EarsA really cutie little grey bat with a white belly and really long delicate ears
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Bat Species Not Seen In 55 Years Rediscovered And Filmed For First Time – Just Look At Those Ears

clock-iconNovember 4, 2025
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First Known Bats To Glow In The Dark In The US Discovered – But Scientists Aren’t Sure WhyA big brown bat, photoshopped to look like its glowing green as it flys along.

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First Known Bats To Glow In The Dark In The US Discovered – But Scientists Aren’t Sure WhyA big brown bat, photoshopped to look like its glowing green as it flys along.
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First Known Bats To Glow In The Dark In The US Discovered – But Scientists Aren’t Sure Why

clock-iconOctober 28, 2025
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Rats Filmed Snatching Bats Out Of The Air Mid-Flight In First-Of-Its-Kind FootageA black and white image of a rat on its hind legs taking a bat from mid-air on a ledge

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Rats Filmed Snatching Bats Out Of The Air Mid-Flight In First-Of-Its-Kind FootageA black and white image of a rat on its hind legs taking a bat from mid-air on a ledge
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Rats Filmed Snatching Bats Out Of The Air Mid-Flight In First-Of-Its-Kind Footage

clock-iconOctober 27, 2025
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Entirely New Virus Detected In Bat Urine, And It’s Only The 4th Of Its Kind Ever Isolatedflying fox flying through the air

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Entirely New Virus Detected In Bat Urine, And It’s Only The 4th Of Its Kind Ever Isolatedflying fox flying through the air
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Entirely New Virus Detected In Bat Urine, And It’s Only The 4th Of Its Kind Ever Isolated

clock-iconSeptember 17, 2025

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Flying Foxes Include The World's Biggest Bat And The Largest Mammal Capable Of True FlightA flying fox flying in the sky, pictured from below, showing its big wingspan

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Flying Foxes Include The World's Biggest Bat And The Largest Mammal Capable Of True FlightA flying fox flying in the sky, pictured from below, showing its big wingspan
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Flying Foxes Include The World's Biggest Bat And The Largest Mammal Capable Of True Flight

clock-iconSeptember 15, 2025

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Meet The “Masked Seducer”, A Unique Bat With A Never-Before-Seen Courtship Displaya wrinkle faced bat with a bizarrely wrinkled face

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Meet The “Masked Seducer”, A Unique Bat With A Never-Before-Seen Courtship Displaya wrinkle faced bat with a bizarrely wrinkled face
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Meet The “Masked Seducer”, A Unique Bat With A Never-Before-Seen Courtship Display

clock-iconSeptember 12, 2025

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Meet The Bumblebee Bat: The World's Smallest Bat Is The Last Of Its KindBumblebee Bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) in Thailand

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Meet The Bumblebee Bat: The World's Smallest Bat Is The Last Of Its KindBumblebee Bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) in Thailand
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Meet The Bumblebee Bat: The World's Smallest Bat Is The Last Of Its Kind

clock-iconSeptember 9, 2025
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Meet The Spectral Bat, The Largest Carnivorous Bat Species In The WorldA very large bat head close up with large ears, and a long noseleaf

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Meet The Spectral Bat, The Largest Carnivorous Bat Species In The WorldA very large bat head close up with large ears, and a long noseleaf
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Meet The Spectral Bat, The Largest Carnivorous Bat Species In The World

clock-iconAugust 25, 2025
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20 New Bat Viruses – Some “Cousins” Of Deadly Hendra And Nipah – Spark Fears Of Human Diseasecave with lots of bats flying around

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20 New Bat Viruses – Some “Cousins” Of Deadly Hendra And Nipah – Spark Fears Of Human Diseasecave with lots of bats flying around
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20 New Bat Viruses – Some “Cousins” Of Deadly Hendra And Nipah – Spark Fears Of Human Disease

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MERS-Like Coronaviruses May Be Just “A Small Step Away” From Jumping Into HumansElectron micrograph of MERS virus particle (yellow) binding to a cell (orange)

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MERS-Like Coronaviruses May Be Just “A Small Step Away” From Jumping Into HumansElectron micrograph of MERS virus particle (yellow) binding to a cell (orange)
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MERS-Like Coronaviruses May Be Just “A Small Step Away” From Jumping Into Humans

clock-iconJune 13, 2025
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Bat Virus Evolution Suggests COVID-19 Virus Emerged Naturally, Spreading To Humans Through Wildlife TradeThe photo has three images in one. The main image is of multiple horseshoe bats handing from a cave ceiling. In the bottom left and side of the image is a box showing a scanned image of the COVID-19 virus while in the far right is a box showing a palm civet in a tree looking at the camera.

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Bat Virus Evolution Suggests COVID-19 Virus Emerged Naturally, Spreading To Humans Through Wildlife TradeThe photo has three images in one. The main image is of multiple horseshoe bats handing from a cave ceiling. In the bottom left and side of the image is a box showing a scanned image of the COVID-19 virus while in the far right is a box showing a palm civet in a tree looking at the camera.
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Bat Virus Evolution Suggests COVID-19 Virus Emerged Naturally, Spreading To Humans Through Wildlife Trade

clock-iconMay 9, 2025
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Bats' Bullshit Detectors Mark First Time Hallmark Of Advanced Cognition Recognized In Batsa subadult vocalizing on a tree

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Bats' Bullshit Detectors Mark First Time Hallmark Of Advanced Cognition Recognized In Batsa subadult vocalizing on a tree
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Bats' Bullshit Detectors Mark First Time Hallmark Of Advanced Cognition Recognized In Bats

clock-iconMarch 24, 2025
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New MERS-Related Coronavirus Discovered In Brazilian Bats – But Can It Infect Humans?small bat held in a blue and white gingham cloth and a white-gloved hand

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New MERS-Related Coronavirus Discovered In Brazilian Bats – But Can It Infect Humans?small bat held in a blue and white gingham cloth and a white-gloved hand
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New MERS-Related Coronavirus Discovered In Brazilian Bats – But Can It Infect Humans?

clock-iconMarch 21, 2025
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