Inconsistent winter weather is forcing bats to wake up from hibernation earlier than they should, creating problems for the ...

Bat perception has been examined for decades as a problem of sensory reach rather than animal intelligence. Many species ...

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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 ...

In short: Researchers have enlisted farmers to help uncover more information about the role insect-eating bats play in maintaining the balance of rural ecosystems. The Bats in Backyards project is ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Bats are vicious monsters from your ...

Vampire bats can quaff the finest A-positive blood vintage, thanks to a little help from their digestive friends. In a new study, researchers analyzed the DNA and microbiome of three species of ...

Bats eat a lot of bugs -- up to two-thirds of their body weight in insects daily for some species. There's an unexpected side effect of all that insect eating, though. Bat scat is described as ...

Infectious disease researchers have identified Pteropine orthoreoviruses (PRVs), a group of newly emergent bat-borne viruses, ...

In The Star's annual year in review, the oddest stories of 2025 included a sinking Cybertruck, an egg shortage and rare ...