Eerie, green-glowing bats might sound like something out of a ghost story or Halloween movie, but new research shows it’s not ...

Six species of North American bats glow under ultraviolet lighting, according to a new study. Researchers don’t know why ...

Biologists discovered that the winged hunters tracked comparatively large prey like birds, frogs, and other small mammals by ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s hard to think of a spookier wildlife scenario: A songbird is ...

A spooky bat has been spotted flying over the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Paranal site in Chile, right in time ...

For all their benefits, the world's only flying mammals continue to be the subject of several myths. One misconception is that they all carry rabies. "The truth is that maybe less than a percent of ...

After nearly 25 years of investigation, scientists have solved the mystery. Europe’s largest bat not only eats small birds, it hunts and catches them more than a kilometer above the ground—and ...

Bats can get a bad reputation, especially around Halloween when their imagery is used to spook and scare, but Westrich and ...

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 ...

To find out, Elena Tena, a biologist at Doñana Biological Station in Seville, Spain, and her colleagues attached ultra-light ...

For the first time, brown rats have been filmed actively hunting bats, snatching some from the air and capturing others on ...

Beyond bats’ symbolism as creepy creatures at Halloween, San Mateo County is a year-round home to a number of different ...