Representative Publications and Press Coverage:

Muchhala, N., and J.D. Thomson. 2010. Fur versus feathers: Pollen delivery by bats and hummingbirds, and consequences for pollen production. American Naturalist 175(6):717-726  

                    * Featured in Science Podcast (audio) and ScienceNOW

Muchhala, N., and J.D. Thomson. 2009. Going to great lengths: selection for long corolla tubes in an extremely specialized bat-flower mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:2147-2152 

                    * Featured in Nature's Research Highlights, Nature 458:388

Muchhala, N. and M.D. Potts. 2007. Character displacement among bat-pollinated flowers of the genus Burmeistera: analysis of mechanism, process, and pattern.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274:2731-2737 

                    * Featured in Science Daily News

Muchhala, N. 2006. Nectar bat stows huge tongue in rib cage. Nature 444:701-702

                    * Featured in The New York Times, Quirks & Quarks (audio), Nature Podcast (audio), New Scientist