The findings, published in the latest issue of the journal Science, put bats on a short list of animals that possess rare superfast muscles. The list includes rattlesnakes, which have them in their ...

North Carolina's tricolored bats are unstable, among several species of bats quickly dying off in the dark. The bats eat the ...

For some reason October is our national Bat Appreciation Month, with Bat Appreciation Week at the end of the month including Halloween. Unfortunately, linking bats to Halloween reinforces the ...

A new species of tube-nosed bat has been discovered in the protected forests of the Philippines. Researchers from the (ROM), the Field Museum in Chicago, and Lawrence University in Wisconsin have ...

In the face of devastating population loss throughout the region, every bat that the Pennsylvania Bat Conservation and ...

Most library-goers don’t get to enjoy a bit of nature while pursuing books; not so for Portugal’s Joanine Library. A colony of bats has called the library home since the 18th century. The fascinating ...

Many species benefit from the habitats that beavers create by building dams—and not just aquatic life. A new study by the WSL ...

Bat hibernation season begins in Vermont and northern New York. Experts break down the safe ways to send these flying mammals on their way ...

Imagine listening to a recording of an orchestral performance, but because of a bad studio technician, the only instrument ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of one of the animal kingdom's most disproportionately large penises thanks to a Dutch retiree recording bat sex in a church attic. The serotine bat does not use its ...