Bats seen swooping over gardens and yards at night are responding directly to insect abundance below, signaling a healthy local ecosystem and providing substantial natural pest control. When these ...

For nearly two centuries, scientists could neither confirm nor dismiss reports of an African bat lurking somewhere in Europe.

Arizona ranks second in the country for bat diversity, with a new species detected as recently as last year.

This unusual bat looks remarkably like a dog. But its funny face hides a fascinating story of speed, echolocation and species ...

Most library-goers don’t get to enjoy a bit of nature while pursuing books; not so for Portugal’s Joanine Library. A colony of bats has called the library home since the 18th century. The fascinating ...

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 do it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bats tend to have a bad rep with people (well, maybe outside the goth community, anyway). These creatures of the night are ...

Aya Goldshtein, Omer Mazar, and Yossi Yovel have spent many evenings standing outside bat caves. Even so, seeing thousands of bats erupting out of a cave and flapping into the night, sometimes in ...