We use bats to uncover biological insights essential to human health that lie beyond the reach of established animal models used in the lab.
🌸 Anoura geoffroyi pollinates a diverse assemblage of night-blooming plants across the Neotropics, supporting floral diversity and ecosystem resilience through its extensive foraging networks.
🌸 Glossophaga mutica from Belize.
🌸 Glossophaga commissarisi from Belize.
Carollia perspicillata is a Neotropical fruit bat that specializes on Piper species, playing a key role in seed dispersal and the regeneration of secondary forests.