After nearly 25 years of investigation, scientists have solved the mystery. Europe’s largest bat not only eats small birds, it hunts and catches them more than a kilometer above the ground—and ...

Sudden loud noises can cause severe acoustic trauma in bats, whose sensitive hearing allows them to navigate using echolocation ...

The recording gives it away. First, a sudden plunge in altitude, then distressed bird calls before a prolonged series of ...

From the bloodcurdling powers of Count Dracula to the identity behind one of America's most famous superheroes, bats have ...

Researchers race to protect West Coast bats from a fungus that has ravaged colonies elsewhere, and citizen scientists in Washington are filling in the gaps.

Bats belong to the order Chiroptera-not Rodentia. They're actually more closely related to primates than they are to rodents.

Ultrasonic energy is widely used to sense the presence of nearby objects and even determine their distance if needed, as well ...

No creature is more connected to Halloween than the bat. With their silent wings and nocturnal habits, bats have long been ...

Their range is enormous, stretching well beyond Dead Horse Point into the surrounding canyonlands. Solitary hunters, they ...

Under the 'natural origins' hypothesis, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), scientists argue that the Covid virus ...