And still more eat insects — a common brown bat can consume a thousand mosquitos an hour! You definitely want those around ...

Human babies are not the only babblers, said a study published Thursday. Some bats are also very talkative in their infancy and even make sounds that recall the googoo-gagas of our own tots.

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Baby bats mature quickly becoming fully independent and able to fly within two months. The Ozark big-eared bat once lived in caves in Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. However, they have ...

This short animation gives an overview of the fruit bat. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 27 March 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Y. Prat at Tel Aviv ...

A video showing an unexpected rescue from a hotel pool in North Queensland has gone viral online, with many praising the kind ...

When I tell people my favorite animals are bats, they are often surprised. And it’s true, bats aren’t as immediately winning as say, dolphins or Golden Retrievers. They can be considered pest ...