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Blind Cavefish Evolved to Have More External Taste Buds

Taste buds evolved on the head and chin of blind cavefish to help them locate food in their dark environment.

Bats play an important role in forest ecosystems because of what’s called trophic cascades: they eat insects that eat trees.

Health Zoology

Covid-19 is not the first pandemic to strike humanity, and it won’t be the last. Scientists are investigating bat-human virus transmission.

Ecology Zoology

A terrifying bat-killing fungus is tearing through North American bat populations—and scientists have finally found a way to fight back.

Learn about the bats that live in Cuba with two researchers who are studying bats and biodiversity in this Caribbean nation