Bats and birds showcase a fascinating contrast in their evolutionary paths, with recent research revealing bats' wings and ...

Though most species inhabit the tropical and semitropical areas of the world, they are still common in the United States and are most numerous in the Southwest. Some bats prefer to roost in barns, ...

In the new study, published Nov. 6 in the journal Biology Letters, scientists captured 24 adult common vampire bats along ...

Bats are essential to our society and ecosystems. They control insect populations, pollinate crops, and teach us about sonar systems. Epstein: So, we wouldn't have our tropical rain forests if it ...

Bats are incredibly diverse animals: They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or ...

Western cultures have generally regarded bats with superstition and fear; but in China, expressed in art and handicrafts, the bat has achieved respectability as a symbol of happiness and good luck.

"This critical habitat designation for one of North America’s rarest bats, provides an umbrella of protection for all species living thereunder.” Today’s critical habitat designation is the result of ...

Protecting these bats’ home is long overdue.” Today’s lawsuit was filed by the Center, the Miami Blue Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association, and Tropical Audubon Society. It was was ...

In March 2016, my team and I set off for northern Thailand with the task of filming a sequence about the rarely seen painted bat, (Kerivoula picta) for ‘Thailand: Earth’s Tropical Paradise.’ ...

Bats play a crucial role in tropical regions as pollinators, seed dispersers and agricultural pest controllers. But they are exposed to a wide range of threats, pollution among them. Two recent ...

Three of Arkansas’s 16 species of bats are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. A fourth species is expected to be added to the list soon and has been “proposed endangered.” The ...