Bats flying around your home at night may signal a healthy ecosystem. These nocturnal mammals help control insects, pollinate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pippistrellus etula is a tiny bat that lives on Bioko Island off the coast of Cameroon. During the survey, surveyors including ...

Researchers reviewing the diversity of bats in the Western Himalayas in India recently confirmed a new-to-science species from Uttarakhand state. Named the Himalayan long-tailed myotis (Myotis ...

Glowing bats may sound like Halloween decor, but researchers in Georgia have discovered certain species of North American bats that are capable of the unusual trick. When placed under ultraviolet ...

Flagstaff, Arizona — Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof has been ...

When a resident of Wellington, Colorado, reported a stranded bat in their backyard, they did not realize just how unusual it ...

Dear EarthTalk: How are bat species doing these days? -- G.V., Butte, Montana If you enjoy money, tequila and saving the ...

Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity and conservation.She had suspected the small creature, caught during an ...

High-frequency ultrasound significantly reduces the size of the face and modifies the internal bones of the ear in bats.

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

One of North Carolina’s smallest bat species is on the brink of extinction. But an unlikely ally is developing a plan to help save them — Albemarle Corp., the world’s largest lithium mining company.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Rohit Chakravarty, a bat researcher and conservationist with the nonprofit Nature Conservation Foundation, told Mongabay he first caught ...