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Bats Protect Plants from Insects

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

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

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