In the spirit of the season and conservation, a team of biologists in California recently spent time finding bats at Muir ...

White-nose syndrome, a fatal fungal disease in bats, has been confirmed for the first time in Glacier National Park, Montana.

New research shows that proboscis bats communicate with each other and echolocate at higher frequencies than scientists expected. This could help the animals sneak up to their targets and evade creatu ...

Climate change and changes in the way land is used are the two biggest threats to wildlife because they change the environment in which animals survive and thrive. Knowing how species respond to these ...

“By publishing the genome assemblies and all the data, we expect to catalyze the study of bats as mammals with a series of unique anatomical, aging, and immunological traits,” study author Liliana ...

Bats are often cast as the unseen night-time stewards of nature, flitting through the dark to control pest insects, pollinate plants and disperse seeds. But behind their silent contributions lies a ...

Experts are sharing how important bats are to the natural ecosystem, and why people shouldn't fear them ...

Researchers tracked 71 common noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) to parse their migration patterns. Kamran Safi / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior More than 1,400 species of bats exist worldwide, ...

Bats are still affected by a fungal infection that eliminated almost 90% of the population of several species. Efforts are ...

Bats harbour many diverse viruses, including coronaviruses. Indeed, Sars, Mers and COVID-19 – which are all caused by coronaviruses – are thought to have emerged from bats. These diseases can be ...

Three bats have tested positive for rabies in Oak Forest in the past two months, a sharp increase that local animal control ...