Why You Shouldn’t Fear Bats Historically, bats have been cast as terrifying night stalkers. This, however, is a misleading ...

Bat poop—yes, bat poop—is far more fascinating than you might think. You probably don’t give it much thought (unless it’s in your attic), but believe it or not, bat droppings have shaped history, ...

Ethiopia has confirmed three deaths from the Marburg virus in its southern region, marking the country’s first known outbreak ...

An Arizona couple wanted to preserve the natural landscaping of their Belize vacation property. Now they turn coconuts into ...

A new study from the School of Zoology at Tel Aviv University reveals that fruit bats employ a variety of strategies in their competition with other animals for food. The research team examined bat ...

Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity and conservation.She had suspected the small creature, caught during an ...

It is Bat Week, an international celebration of the flying mammals and their importance. I visited the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to get some bat facts. Bats get a bad rap. Maybe it's Bram Stoker's ...

A brown bat suffers from white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed millions of bats in the U.S., in this 2020 photo. Oregon’s bat populations could soon face a serious threat after the fungus ...

In the face of devastating population loss throughout the region, every bat that the Pennsylvania Bat Conservation and Rehabilitation is able to save is making a difference. A hoary bat hides in the ...

The man fell from the Guano Point viewpoint at about 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6. Photo from Mohave County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team A 65-year-old man died after slipping and falling 130 feet into ...

Six new bat species were recently discovered in the Philippines by a team of researchers from Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), the Field Museum in Chicago, and Lawrence University in Wisconsin.