A lot of people are scared of bats, so given our proximity to Halloween, we thought we’d remind you of how polite they are! Today, we stumbled upon the cutest video of a baby bat flapping its wings.

Are bats creepy or cute? Alabama’s own “The Bat Lady” can help you decide -- and the answer is probably going to be cute. Her “Batty for Bats” program has helped educate thousands of children and ...

A Johns Hopkins University researcher noticed the bats he works with cocked their heads to the side, just like his pet pug. "It's an adorable behavior, and I was curious about the purpose," said ...

Every Halloween, fake bats flutter through horror movies and paper versions hang from the ceiling at parties in an effort to add to the scare factor. But a Virginia woman who helps rescue the real ...

“And bats with baby faces in the violet light / Whistled, and beat their wings”—T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land Faultier/iStock Let’s face it: Bats have an image problem. Since the time of Bram Stoker’s ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Despite the fact that Dr. Merlin Tuttle, 74, has saved millions of bats around the ...

Bats are intuitive physicists, understanding instinctively the way sound moves through space. Not only do they listen keenly to their environments, but they also send out ultrasonic chirps to help ...

ASHEVILLE - If people only knew when they strap plastic, ferocious looking bats to their eaves and trees on Halloween, they are sending the wrong message to kids. Bats are probably one of the most ...