New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

It's the 16th Bat-a-thon in Belize. Researchers think the flying mammals can teach us about warding off pathogens and managing diabetes. They trap bats in nets, draw blood ... but no bats are harmed.

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 ...

Evidence for bat-like flying mammals appears as far back as the Eocene Epoch, some 50 million years ago; however, the fossil record tracing bat evolution is scanty. Based on similarities of bones and ...

Bat wings boost hovering efficiency. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI 10.1073/pnas.2410833121. Keywords ...

Bats have a bad reputation, but they deserve better. The flying mammals are nature’s pest control, swooping over America’s farmland every night to feast on swarms of insects that would ...