Some bat species can live cancer-free for up to 25 years, which is equivalent to 180 human years. How do they do it?

The 2024 total solar eclipse provided some answers. Mexican free-tailed bats fly out of Frio Cave, Texas, on April 6, 2024. Photographer Babak Tafreshi used a fish-eye lens and soft flashes to ...

It’s not open yet, but it’s looking pretty good,” said resident Ken Potter. For people like Potter, who lives in Bat Cave, North Carolina, seeing the small steps of progress means the world. His house ...

BAT CAVE, N.C. — Driving through the Hickory Nut Gorge, you may be shocked to hear the excitement in the voice of locals about just how far the area has come in the eight months since Helene. “We ...

A dozen family members — including one as young as eight — were sickened by histoplasmosis after coming in contact with bat droppings in a cave Getty Twelve people on a family vacation last ...

A bat-filled cave could be the culprit for the mystery sickness. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report published last week found confirmed or likely cases of histoplasmosis ...

A bat-filled cave could be the culprit for the mystery sickness. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report published last week found confirmed or likely cases of histoplasmosis, a fungal ...