As twilight settles, the world’s most misunderstood mammals take to the skies. Bats, with their leathery wings and mysterious ...

As darkness falls and the air begins to cool, thousands of bats burst from the narrow mouth of their cave. The sky comes ...

When they emerge at night in large numbers, bats avoid colliding with each other by adjusting both their flight patterns and ...

Why bats can harbor viruses like hantavirus and coronavirus—pathogens that are highly dangerous to humans—without becoming ...

“Today I want to be a bat,” and my mom would say, “Go for it.” I went through a phase where my parents had to tell me, “You are human.” Even now when I go out on safari and see an ...

Bats should collide because of the jamming ... a study co-author and a postdoctoral scholar in animal behavior at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, said in a statement.

Experts say that it is time we rethink our relationships with North American bats, as about 90% of their populations have ...

UF EHS employees were surprised by the bats’ disappearance in the fall because of the animals' loyalty to their home, Flies said. “They’ve never been gone like this before,” he said.

The Fremont Police Department is putting residents on alert after a dead bat tested positive for rabies near a home in the ...

Though not as common as small rodents in laboratory settings, bats are being increasingly used in research studies. Knowledge of proper blood sampling techniques is essential for care and ...