A Harvard University researcher accused of smuggling clawed frog embryos into the United States is facing additional charges. Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist conducting cancer research ...

Twelve of 13 members of one family fell ill upon returning to the United States from a Costa Rica trip in late December. A bat-filled cave could be the culprit for the mystery sickness.

Bats, in particular, are natural hosts to some of the world's most dangerous viruses, including those responsible for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), MERS-CoV, influenza A, and hantavirus outbreaks.

The torpedo bats used by some New York Yankees players during their offensive onslaught against the Milwaukee Brewers have taken MLB by storm. What are they?

World First IVF kangaroo embryo claimed by Australia-based scientists. They say it's key step toward saving endangered marsupials. February 6, 2025 / 3:46 AM EST / AFP Nature: Kangaroos ...

"On certain nights, we saw an explosion of departures that looked like bat fireworks," says behavioral ecologist Edward Hurme. "We needed to figure out what all these bats were responding to on those ...

Embryo models are getting remarkably realistic.The little clump of cells looked almost like a human embryo. Created from stem cells, without eggs, sperm, or a womb, the embryo model had a yolk sac ...

The embryo is going back into my body where it came from, and everything’s gonna be fine,” Allyse told me. Research on the procedure—and on embryo disposal as a whole—is scant.

But as wildlife officials and viewers of The Office know, bats are prolific carriers of rabies. The health department said it tested 13 Alabama bats that were positive for rabies last year.

We are a team of biologists and bioengineers. Determining how fruit bats evolved to specialize on a high-sugar diet sent us on a quest to approach diabetes therapy from an unusual angle — one ...

A common serotine bat's penis is seven times longer and wider than the female genital tract. A researcher who specializes in bat reproduction explains how the bats get the deed done.