The vampire bat might be nature’s purest super-villain. But it’s not the only flyer known to subsist off of the blood of its ...

Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka, a country renowned for its rich biodiversity, has taken a significant step in understanding its unique ...

Here, we demonstrate how a simple theoretical framework used in conservation biology—evolutionary rescue models—can be used to investigate the potential for climate adaptation in these taxa, using ...

“The number of mosquitoes increases suddenly every night. We have to sit with mosquito bats in hand”, Anil added. P. Vinay, another resident, said "Sometime back, they cleaned up the premises ...

Lieutenant governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena, in his customary address to the first session of the newly constituted Delhi Assembly, unveiled a 10-point agenda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ...

New bat coronavirus in China: A team of Chinese researchers, led by 'batwoman' Shi Zhengli discovered a new bat coronavirus HKU5-Cov-2 which could potentially impact the health of human beings.

Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new lineage of a coronavirus in bats that can enter human cells in a similar fashion as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

While researchers are still trying to get a grasp on the situation, the WHO's Africa office has traced back the first outbreak in the town of Boloko after three children ate a bat carcass and died ...

THE Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Health, has strengthened its fight against mosquito infestation by procuring and distributing fogging machines to Neighbourhood Democratic Councils ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday launched the “Alas-Kwatro Kontra Mosquito” drive on in a bid to address the rising number of dengue cases nationwide.

Can the new bat virus, HKU5-CoV-2, lead to another pandemic? According to Chinese researchers, the new coronavirus potentially transmits from animals to humans, and has reignited concerns about the ...