Rare footage of spectral bats, known also as great false vampire bats, revealed animals with a cuddly, social side. By Kate Golembiewski Spectral bats, also known as great false vampire bats, live up ...

The subjects of the experiment were soprano pipistrelles (Pipistrellus pygmaeus), a bat species so small it weighs roughly as much as a quarter. Each autumn, tens of thousands of them migrate south ...

Bats often get a bad rap, but Bat World Sanctuary is on a mission to change that, one rescued wing at a time. This nonprofit organization rescues, rehabilitates, and provides lifetime care for ...

Lima, Peru — Bats have become the latest mammals susceptible to H5N1, the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus responsible for bird flu. In Peru, over a dozen vampire bats have been found carrying ...

Bugs run rampant in the summer, and if you have ever suffered a mosquito bite and regretted not putting on bug spray, you should know about nature's insect repellent: the Indiana bat. Federally ...

For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude. By Douglas Main During spring and fall migrations, billions of birds take to the night skies. The ...