Tisa Lake, an artificial reservoir in Sri Lanka, was built in the third century BCE and is vital for irrigation. It attracts visitors with its serene beauty and diverse wildlife, especially fruit bats that pollinate and disperse seeds....

Did you know the Rodrigues fruit bat (a.k.a. "flying fox") has a wingspan of three feet?

Here, we explore the biosynthetic pathway for vitamin C (ascorbic acid) from glucuronic acid. Also, we explore inability of some organisms (e.g., humans) to perform this biosynthesis due to the GULO pseudogene.

Ten people there have died after being infected with the Nipah virus, a disease thought to be spread by fruit bats and other animals.