Bats are sources of high viral diversity and high-profile zoonotic viruses worldwide. Although
apparently not pathogenic in their reservoir hosts, some viruses from bats severely affect …

Bats act as a natural reservoir for many viruses, including coronaviruses, and have played a
crucial epidemiological role in the emergence of many viral diseases. Coronaviruses have …

Hibernation is the most effective means for energy conservation during winter in mammals.
The drawbacks of deep and prolonged torpor include reduced immunocompetence, and …

Maintaining a competent immune system is energetically costly and thus immunity may be
traded against other costly traits such as seasonal migration. Here, we tested in long …

Phenotypic flexibility is a major mechanism in compensating climate‐driven changes in
resource availability. Heterotherms can use daily torpor to overcome resource shortages …

Given fundamental energetic trade‐offs among growth, maintenance and reproduction,
individual differences in energy saving should have consequences for survival and …

Heterothermy allows organisms to cope with fluctuating environmental conditions. The use
of regulated hypometabolism allows seasonal heterothermic species to cope with annual …

Hibernation and daily torpor (heterothermy) have long been assumed to be adaptive
responses to seasonal energy shortage. Laboratory studies have demonstrated that food …

The bat immune system features multiple unique properties such as dampened
inflammatory responses and increased tissue protection, explaining their long lifespan and …

Inflammation and activation of the acute phase response (APR) are energetically
demanding processes that protect against pathogens. Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and …