Scientists discovered that a tiny Panamanian bat hunts like a lion, catching large prey using sound, patience, and precision.

After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny ...

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

According to researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, small flying ...

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

For all their benefits, the world's only flying mammals continue to be the subject of several myths. One misconception is ...

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 ...

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