Bat Photo (image)

Stony Brook University

Caption

A study that sequenced genomes from six widely divergent living bat species, including Phyllostomus discolor, the pale spear-nosed bat, reveals the genetics behind some bat 'superpowers,' such as surviving deadly viruses and to use sound to navigate in darkness.

Credit

Brock and Sherri Fenton

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