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

A team of National Geographic Explorers is studying how these bats developed their architectural expertise—while cataloguing ...

Bats are some of the most highly specialized mammals to have ever evolved. This includes not only the evolution of active flight, but also their echolocation. This ability requires the bats to produce ...

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

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

British defence chiefs were forced to install a “bat disco” lighting system at the country’s biggest military training ground ...

SCHOOL groups and tourists are visiting a bat-filled cave riddled with Marburg virus, previously flagged as having pandemic potential. “Python Cave”, in western Uganda, is home to tens of ...

In northern Italy, at least eight species of bat (Chiroptera) use the areas around pig farms. The lack of physical barriers ...

There are dozens of species in Pennsylvania that are currently endangered or threatened. Some of which might surprise you. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, there are currently nearly 30 ...

Fruit bats earned their name for a pretty obvious reason: their affinity for fruit. Also known as flying foxes, these ...

Bats are flying mammals that are biologically fascinating, contribute healthy ecosystems, and help scientists.

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