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

The secret to a long life may lie in the genomes of the longest-lived mammals for their size: bats. That idea captivated Juan ...

A study published in Science Advances found that vesper bats, the world’s largest bat family, carry two distinct copies of ...

Bats are often cast as the unseen night-time stewards of nature, flitting through the dark to control pest insects, pollinate plants and disperse seeds. But behind their silent contributions lies a ...

Researchers tracked 71 common noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) to parse their migration patterns. Kamran Safi / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior More than 1,400 species of bats exist worldwide, ...

Two weeks ago, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks biologists, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) staff, and partners from six additional government agencies and nongovernment organizations did ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research reveals that bats set off on their migration journeys just before a tumult of wind and rain arrives - R E Stebbings/Bat ...

New York is going batty! Bats are swooping into homes across New York’s Capital Region and Hudson Valley this summer, with ...

For Bat Week this year, we rounded up five reasons to love and conserve these misunderstood mammals. Erin Malsbury From leaf-engineering to complex social circles, there’s more to bats than flying and ...

Bats, the elusive winged mammals that make special appearances in popular culture this time of year, are under increasing threats across the state and the Midwest, the victim of a stubborn and ...