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Bats Hitch a Ride on Storm Fronts When Migrating, Saving Energy by 'Surfing' Through the Sky, Study Finds
More than 1,400 species of bats exist worldwide, making them some of the most widespread creatures on Earth—they can be found on every continent except for Antarctica. Chances are, there’s one ...
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How flight helped bats become invincible to viruses
Around the time that bat ancestors evolved powered flight, their genomes picked up immune adaptations that can quell viral ...
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Bats in flight identification guide
If you are lucky, or know where to look, you might have seen at least one of the UK’s 18 species of bats shooting through the sky between dusk and dawn. They feed largely on the wing, specially ...
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From the vault: Why bats don’t fly in the rain
On rainy nights, the sky belongs to the raindrops. Birds have settled in, insects hide, and bats—nature’s only furry flying ...