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Shocking discovery: Philippine bats as big as adults.
Recently, photos of bats the size of humans have appeared on social media, causing a stir among netizens.
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Flu epidemic
New strain of coronavirus discovered in bat droppings in Japanese cave
A team of scientists has discovered a new strain of coronavirus, similar to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, in the feces of bats living in a cave.
Biology
What you need to know about the virus that has a 70% mortality rate in India
To date, there is no vaccine to prevent or cure Nipah virus infection. The disease has a mortality rate of about 70%.
Health
Animals that cause many cases of rabies in humans you should know
Dogs, cats, monkeys, rats, and bats are recorded to cause many cases of rabies in humans in Vietnam and globally.
Animal world
The world's largest mammal migration
Cinematographer Josh Aitchison spent three weeks in a tree to record the migration of 10 million straw-colored fruit bats.
Flu epidemic
How dangerous is the new virus in Africa?
Marburg is a virus originating from fruit bats in Africa, spreading from person to person through respiratory droplets, causing hemorrhagic disease.
Biology
Sound-absorbing 'weapon' helps moths fight bats
The scales on the wings help the moths resist echolocation, inspiring experts to develop lightweight noise-reducing materials.
Animal world
The world's largest centipede can eat mice, lizards and bats
The giant centipede can be found in northern Colombia and northern Venezuela, as well as the nearby islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Trinidad.
Animal world
Bats pretend to be wasps to avoid being eaten by owls
When the great mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) is caught by an owl, it mimics the buzzing of a wasp to fool predators.
Space science
Telescope catches 'echoes' from 8 invisible monsters
Just like how bats emit sound waves and see objects through reflected waves, NASA's NICER telescope accidentally discovered 8 invisible monsters right in the Milky Way.
Animal world
Bats often hang upside down in the 'banana tree' position, so how do they go to the toilet?
Bats are a strange creature with a very 'heavy' way of sleeping. They swing on branches or cave walls with an extremely odd position of their heads down to the ground, l…
History
The world's most beautiful library uses 'bats' to preserve old books and manuscripts
The Biblioteca Joanina library used colonies of bats as a natural deterrent against insects that could potentially feed on old books and manuscripts there.
Animal world
Bats thought to be extinct reappear after 4 decades
Conservationists have recently confirmed that the Hill's Horseshoe bat still exists in the dense Nyungwe rainforest of Rwanda.
Flu epidemic
Discovered 3 new corona viruses in bats that can be harmful to humans
Scientists have just discovered three new viruses in bats in the north of Laos, with genomes similar to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that can infect humans.
Animal world
Bats and Enviable Superpowers
More than 1,400 species of bats live around the world, with the exception of Antarctica and a few remote islands. What makes this flying mammal so popular?