Scientists compared the different kinds of coronaviruses living in 36 bat species from the western Indian Ocean and nearby areas of Africa. They found that different groups of bats have their own ...

Evidence suggests the coronavirus originated from bats in Asia. But some researchers say that, here in North America, bats face the opposite risk — of being infected by human carriers.

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 ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

Coronaviruses have been evolving in bats for thousands or millions of years. They have moved into people very recently — perhaps as recently as last year in the case of SARS-CoV-2, ...

Exploring the DNA of bats to understand some of their "extraordinary" characteristics, like how they avoid viral infections, could help us beat the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the authors of a ...

The discovery of a new bat coronavirus in China has sparked concerns of another pandemic. The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, is similar to to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Bats’ role in transferring the virus that causes COVID-19 is under intense scrutiny. “A species of Horseshoe Bat is currently the principal suspect,” explained the World Bank in a recent ...

The genome of SARS-CoV-2 is similar to that of other bat coronaviruses, as well as those of pangolins, all of which have a similar overall genomic architecture.

Coronavirus is killing. But bat lovers and advocates say that isn’t a reason to target their favorite creatures.

A new coronavirus discovered in bats in Brazil has been found to share similarities with the deadly Mers virus but its risk ...

NIH Bat Coronavirus Grant Report Was Submitted More Than Two Years Late . The unusual timing of a bat coronavirus grant report suggests that an earlier version may have been revised.