Brown long-eared bats have some of the most sensitive hearing of any mammal. This helps them both hunt and avoid being hunted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For some reason October is our national Bat Appreciation Month, with Bat Appreciation Week at the end of the month including ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two oldest-known fossil skeletons of bats, unearthed in southwestern Wyoming and dating to at least 52 million years ago, are providing insight into the early evolution of ...

Hundreds of thousands of straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) gather at Kasanka National Park, Zambia, creating one of ...

Bats get bad press. Short-sighted and cave-dwelling, they generally make the news only when carrying disease, transfiguring into vampires, or else lending their name to paranoiac military commanders ...

The smallest mammals on Earth are vanishing faster than most people realize, and the line between survival and oblivion has ...

Most library-goers don’t get to enjoy a bit of nature while pursuing books; not so for Portugal’s Joanine Library. A colony of bats has called the library home since the 18th century. The fascinating ...

Many people begin to think about scary things as the Halloween season approaches and bats are often among the things that elicit fear and dread. Hollywood’s portrayal of bats are primarily negative ...

We all know that bats are masters of the night, with their high-pitched calls and whisper-quiet wings, weaving through ...

Officials warn that bat bites can go unnoticed and urge prompt reporting of any possible exposure ...

For some reason October is our national Bat Appreciation Month, with Bat Appreciation Week at the end of the month including Halloween. Unfortunately, linking bats to Halloween reinforces the ...