Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and La Jolla Institute for Immunology, published today in ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

The virus killed at least 20 million people, wiped at least $10 trillion from the global economy and upended billions of ...

Now, scientists have found that adult bats are better at screening out “spam calls” than juveniles. The younger bats often wiggled their ears in response to the calls of poisonous toads, while ...

Researchers used advanced microscopy to uncover important protein structures. For the first time, two important protein ...

An alarming number new bat viruses have been detected in China, sparking fears that they could spread to humans and livestock ...

Some bat species live surprisingly long lives for their diminutive size, and they might be able to teach us a thing or two ...

It’s long been a puzzle. Cancer is, statistically speaking, a disease of aging. The longer something lives, the more likely ...

Her hypothesis is that flight led bats to evolve unusual immune systems, which in turn led to longevity, even resistance to cancer. ( These bats imitate hornets to avoid being eaten by owls.

Published in the Journal of Environmental Management, a recent study conducted on bat species native to Germany revealed that human patterns have inspired an alarming change in their behavior. In ...