Bats are unique among mammals, possessing some of the rarest mammalian adaptations,
including true self-powered flight, laryngeal echolocation, exceptional longevity, unique …

Bats are the suggested natural hosts for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
(SARS-CoV) and the causal agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic …

Roosting ecology has probably shaped several aspects of bat evolution. Although
Phyllostomidae species are known to use more types of roosts than any other chiropteran …

Bats (Chiroptera) represent the largest diversification of extant mammals after rodents. Here
we report the results of a large-scale phylogeny of bats based on unconstrained searches …

Morphological diversity may arise rapidly as a result of adaptation to novel ecological
opportunities, but early bursts of trait evolution are rarely observed. Rather, models of …

Vampire bats are the only mammals that feed exclusively on blood. To uncover genomic
changes associated with this dietary adaptation, we generated a haplotype-resolved …

For many vertebrate species, bite force plays an important functional role. Ecological
characteristics of a species' niche, such as diet, are often associated with bite force. Previous …

Diversification and adaptive radiations are tied to evolvability, which in turn is linked to
morphological integration. Tightly integrated structures typically evolve in unison, whereas …

Mammals are one of the better known groups of animals, and in the Neotropics bats typically
comprise about half of the mammalian species diversity. But, well resolved species-level …

Phylogenomics of bats suggests that their echolocation either evolved separately in the bat
suborders Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiroptera, or had a single origin in bat ancestors …