Instead, the male serotine bats use their penises to push aside the protective tail membrane of the female members in order to reach their vulva. Once this has been accomplished, ...

At no point did the male bats insert the penis into the vagina (intromission), and even if they'd tried, the fully erect penis head was so large that it wouldn't have fit through the opening anyway.

A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.

The newly described behavior involves the male bats essentially using their oversized penis as an "extra arm" during the sexual act before mating without penetrating the vagina.

In the darkness of old church attics, surprisingly romantic scenes take place as male greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis ...

The male bat’s penis is around seven times longer than its female counterpart’s vagina, and it has a heart-shaped head that is seven times wider than the vaginal opening.

Then, the male bat held the female in an "extended embrace". In one particularly impressive case, it went on for 12.7 hours. Moving forward, ...

But the unusual genitals of one bat species have thrown this into doubt. When researchers discovered that the penis of male serotine bats could be as much as seven times wider and longer than the ...

A family in Brandon, South Dakota, had a bat hiding inside their home. Lucky for them, local authorities managed to safely ...

Male serotine bats have penises too large for penetration. To mate, the animals rub their genitals against each other, somewhat like birds’ cloacal kiss.

Bats have long been known for unusual forms of sexual reproduction, and a new study adds another surprise to the behaviors of the winged mammals. By Annie Roth A few years ago, Nicolas Fasel, a ...