Among bats, these pathogens spread even more because many species live in highly social colonies. Taken together, this means ...

Bats are associated with “things that go bump in the night”: scary things like like vampires, witches, evil spirits, and Halloween, and some people associate them the disease rabies. In fact they are ...

Scientists say staying cool during heatwaves is challenging for nocturnal creatures - such as bats - that are unable to move ...

Bats belong to the order Chiroptera-not Rodentia. They're actually more closely related to primates than they are to rodents.

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 ...

Bat mouths are already pretty much completely awesome, thanks to their amazing echolocation abilities. So this almost seems like overkill: bats are the first known mammals to possess superfast muscles ...

Many people begin to think about scary things as the Halloween season approaches and bats are often among the things that elicit fear and dread. Hollywood’s portrayal of bats are primarily negative ...

Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood. They compared the genome of common vampire bats to 26 other bat species and identified 13 ...

Bats may be able to defend against pathogens differently than other mammals because their immunological first line of defense is totally unique. Scientists believe this unique ability of the bats' non ...

Bats with "disproportionately large" penises that don't fit inside the females' vaginas are the only mammals known to have sex without penetration, scientists have discovered. Mammals usually mate via ...