A bat protein called ASC2 has a powerful ability to inhibit inflammasomes in mice, thereby limiting inflammation.

The Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, currently has no approved treatments or vaccines to protect against it.

From insects to birds to bats to frogs, these little loudmouths have found ingenious ways to deliver their messages at high volume.

Researchers have sequenced the response to viral infection in colony-bred cave nectar bats at single-cell resolution.

Humans have long struggled to understand the nocturnal world. As environmental change becomes increasingly acute, understanding their lives has never been more critical.

Bats can teach us a lot about how to manage, and maybe even prevent, future pandemics, researchers say.

Most mammals have large bodies and short limbs to stay warm. But bats are an exceptiopn to the rule. A new model explains why their nonconformity works.

Egyptian fruit bats use their tongues for echolcation, aiming sonar beams by manipulating their tongues. New research shows how their brains facilitate this trick.