Because bats are small, secretive, feed at night, and are unfamiliar to most people, they are sometimes regarded as rare. On the contrary, they are found throughout the world except for certain ...

Bats navigate thanks to a combination of powerful night vision and echolocation, switching between the two as needed. In low-light situations they may stop echolocating to conserve energy and disguise ...

Researchers analyzed saliva the nocturnal mammals leave behind when sipping nectar from plants and residential hummingbird feeders.

The event promises an engaging experience as bats are expected to take flight around ... up to half their body weight in insects each night. Despite common misconceptions, bats do not attack ...

In fact, many bats, nocturnal snakes and lizards have no ... The presence of the tapetum can be observed at night when a pair of glowing eyes reflects back a flashlight or some other light source.

Many people are surprised to learn that there are bats in Alaska at all, said Blejwas, who is based in Juneau. They’ve proven ...

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani's surgically repaired shoulder withstood its biggest test yet, as he crushed a fastball over the ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures ...