Gerald G. Carter

This study shows vampire bats groom others in hard-to-reach body parts, supporting the idea that social grooming is a social signal and a low-cost form of helping.

This study shows that Greater mouse-eared bats learn hibernation site locations from adults at summer roosts through social transmission.

The paper analyzes DrBHV diversity across Latin America and the Caribbean, showing widespread co-infection and geographic spread, suggesting vaccine vectors could be locally sourced.

The paper tests if contact calls in vampire bats are targeted to specific associates, finding they are more frequent between bats with higher cooperation and grooming rates.

The paper shows that co-housing and food sharing in vampire bats lead to vocal convergence, suggesting cooperative relationships drive further call similarity beyond initial familiarity.

The paper develops universal epigenetic clocks that accurately estimate age across mammalian tissues using DNA methylation data from 185 species.

This study uses DNA methylation profiles from bats to show that age and longevity are linked to specific methylation patterns, with longevity associated with immune and cancer-related genes.