Bats are unique. Even though they share the characteristics of all mammals - hair, regulated body temperature, the ability to bear their young alive and nurse them - bats are the only mammals to truly ...

This is the largest of all Adirondack bats. The soft, silky fur is long, longest on the neck where it forms a ruff. In color, the fur is dark mahogany to yellowish brown. The short, rounded ears are ...

Assistant Professor Anna Doty and her students study bats across California, revealing how these docile creatures benefit ...

Bats are crucial to ecosystems—devouring insects, dispersing seeds, and pollinating flowers. But in the U.S. an insidious new enemy is causing massive die-offs. David S. Blehert, a ...

The big brown bat is one of 16 species across the Show Me State, and is one of the most common in the Kansas City region.

Four of the nine species of Adirondack bats belong to the genus Myotis, the mouse-eared bats. The little brown bat is the most abundant of the four, and is the common bat of the region. During the ...

The white-throated needletail was long considered the fastest flier, but the bird, or any other avian, is not. The ...