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Bats

Bat flying through air
Science
Hearing the future
Published Nov 2, 2020 Video
Johns Hopkins researchers discover that bats can use echolocation to predict where their prey is headed, providing new insights about how sound can be used to "see"
After researchers in Bangladesh collect samples, the fruit bats are fed and returned to the wild
Public health
Winged victory
Published Jan 3, 2020
A Hopkins scientist is studying the ways the deadly Nipah virus affects carrier fruit bats to better understand how it spreads to humans
Cynthia Moss, wearing yellow gloves, holds a small bat with its wings outstretched
Sound science
Exploring how bats navigate
Published Aug 9, 2017
Research team receives $1M NSF award that supports interdisciplinary brain science