OSU faculty research assistant Will Kennerley, the first to see the bat, and colleagues documented the sighting with a paper in the Journal of North American Bat Research. The bat was spotted just ...

The bat appeared during a seabird survey 49 kilometers off the coast of Arcata, California. It was flying between 5 and 10 meters above the ocean, generally approaching the Pacific Storm from the ...

On a research cruise focused on marine mammals and seabirds, Oregon State University scientists earned an unexpected bonus: The first-ever documented sighting of a hoary bat flying over the open ...

The zoo explained that the bat, called the “flying fox” thanks to an expressive furry face and pointy ears, is endangered and native only to Rodrigues, a tiny island in the Indian Ocean about ...

When discussing furry friends, bats aren’t usually the first animal to come to mind but three fuzzy Rodrigues flying foxes born at the Oregon Zoo will change that.

Bats are not only masters of aerodynamic flight — they’re skillful at multitasking while flying, too. By Rachel Nuwer Some humans like to think of themselves as good multitaskers, but bats may ...