They were seen as bad omen, harbingers of death, companions of evil beings that would feed on the blood of unsuspecting humans. Since aeons, mankind has been wa ...

When they emerge at night in large numbers, bats avoid colliding with each other by adjusting both their flight patterns and ...

The B.C. Community Bat Programs are encouraging residents to celebrate Bat Appreciation Day on Thursday. It’s a great day to learn about bats and how amazing and important they are.

The downside of the spring warmup — the emergence of biting mosquitoes and other flying pests — would be much worse without ...

Hoary bats are the largest bats in VA, have a furry tail membrane called a "booty blanket") that helps them stay warm while roosting.

Amazing Spider-Man tops the weekly bestseller list, narrowly beating DC's Absolute Batman #7. Marvel dominates the top ten ...

As thousands of bats launch nightly hunting, the cacophony of a dense crowd should stymie echolocation, a so-called “cocktail party nightmare.” ...

In a forested region of Angola where a cliff separates the landscape, a new species of butterfly was discovered. /iStockphoto ...

When bats aren't flying, they often dangle from cave ceilings or the undersides of bridges. But why do bats sleep upside down ...

A colony of maternal Mexican Free-Tailed bats can be found under Waugh Drive Bridge in Houston year-round, but the bats ...

Each spring, millions of Mexican free-tailed bats fly from under the Congress Avenue Bridge, but they weren't always welcome ...