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Peters' wrinkle-lipped bat. Courtesy of Adrià López-Baucells

Bats to the rescue

13 Dec 2018

A new study shows that bats are giving Madagascar’s rice farmers a vital pest control service by feasting on plagues of insects. And this, a...

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Biggest library of bat sounds compiled to track biodiversity

14 Apr 2016

Researchers have compiled the largest known library of bat calls to identify and conserve rare species in Mexico – a country which is home to many of...

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Bats

Fruit bat population covering central Africa is carrier of two deadly viruses

19 Nov 2013

A population of fruit bats which is found across much of continental Africa is widely infected with two deadly viruses that could spread to humans...

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The Mount Mabu Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus mabuensis) as discovered by Dr Julian Bayliss, one of the four new species of African Horseshoe bat.

Multidisciplinary approach unlocks ‘cryptic’ African bat revealing four new species

13 Sep 2012

Latest research has discovered four new species of Horseshoe bat in Africa by piecing together clues such as DNA data and sonar frequency. This...

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Ancient bat bones

A lost world? How zooarchaeology can inform biodiversity conservation

10 Feb 2012

A new study of tropical forests will provide a 50,000-year perspective on how animal biodiversity has changed, explored through an archaeological...

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