The week of Halloween is also Bat Week and is meant to illustrate the important role bats, often cast as scary creatures in classic cult horror movies, play in our ecosystems. “We know that bats ...

It’s official: the world’s 1,500th known bat species has been discovered in Equatorial Guinea. And as luck would have it, ...

Foskolos describes the behaviour as “mind-blowing”. As he explains, it’s a very impressive hunting technique, especially for such a small predator. Bats weigh about 30 grams, and these birds weigh 15 ...

When the North American Bat Conservation Alliance (NABCA) released its first ever State of Bats report this spring, it was intended as a baseline record of how bat species in North America were faring ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — This week, a creature that is often feared is instead being celebrated internationally as various agencies and organizations work to show the important role of bats in nature ...

Eddie Redmayne’s plans to renovate his £4m country home could be held up by the lesser horseshoe bat, which has been ...

Bats eat insects, a lot of them, every night. In Florida, there are 13 native bat species. It is illegal to kill bats in Florida. Just in time for Halloween, Bat Appreciation Week is coming.

A fungus that causes white nose syndrome in bats has swept across the United States killing millions of bats a year. Some little brown bats have survived hibernation and began creeping out of their ...

For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude. During spring and fall migrations, billions of birds take to the night skies. The high-altitude ...

There are plenty of bats on Long Island's East End, but one expert said she's also heard bats vocalizing around her own ...

The discovery of bird DNA in bat poo has suggested that a handful of bat species are able to hunt migrating birds.

The pale, sweet-smelling flowers of evening primrose ( Oenothera biennis) open at dusk, making them highly visible and ...