SARS-CoV-2 is just one strain of a group of respiratory viruses, known as sarbecoviruses, that are mainly hosted by horseshoe ...

Horseshoe bats are the main hosts of sarbecoviruses ... "Recombination complicates our understanding of the evolution of ...

But what if the very creatures we associate with horror stories are actually among evolution’s most brilliant masterpieces? On Bat Appreciation Day, it’s time to cast aside old fears and ...

Scientists trace how the virus behind COVID-19 traveled over 2,000 kilometers from bats in Western China to Wuhan.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. When comparing the newly sequenced bat genomes to other mammals, the researchers found that some immune gene families were expanded. However, ...

Teeling, now a geneticist at University College Dublin and one of the most recognizable faces in bat research, initially hoped to study the evolution of mate choice behavior in cats. When that didn’t ...

Horseshoe bats are the main hosts of sarbecoviruses ... "Recombination complicates our understanding of the evolution of these viruses because it results in different parts of the genome having ...