The dream of flying has always fascinated humanity. In evolutionary history, the ability to fly has emerged independently ...

Before bats could fly, they used hand-like limbs. Scientists now reveal how evolution transformed those hands into wings.

They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or hover to drink nectar from tropical flowers, all of which require distinctive wing designs.

A new study of bat embryos in BMC Biology reveals a crucial step in how these once land-bound animals evolved to fly—and it may involve a gene known for detrimental mutations in humans.

Bacteria and fungi from the wings of bats could play a significant role in saving them from white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease affecting the skin of wings and muzzle, which has nearly ...

DNA metabarcoding analyses reveal fine-scale microbiome structures on Western Canadian bat wings. Microbiology Spectrum, 2024; DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00376-24; Cite This Page: MLA; APA; ...