bats

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Its scientists have previously studied the spread of bovine tuberculosis as well as viruses carried by bats and the factors influencing their spillover into people.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Morens and the co-conspirators hoped to restore funding for research into whether it originated from bats, prosecutors said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

National Highways continued to monitor bat species and said a survey in 2018 indicated that bat wires were helping to guide over 40 percent of monitored bats safely across the carriageway.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

The findings about the bat bridges were demoralizing for Altringham, who during his career appeared at several public inquiries into the impact of road-building projects on bats.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

There were night sounds—birds, flittering things he knew were bats.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen