Babies babble for a good while before they are capable of forming and enunciating full words. Bats do too, even though their ...

A new generation of baby bats is taking flight in our region, leading to a spike in calls from homeowners wondering what to do with little bats clinging to walls, plopped on building ledges and ...

There are over 1400 species of bats found around the world. And the way they navigate is hugely varied. The vast majority are using, as you might expect, echolocation. That's where an animal uses ...

For far too long, bats have been demonized as grim, ghoulish creatures of the night: they're practically synonymous with vampires, and they're a staple of just about every haunted house movie. It's ...

Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity and conservation.She had suspected the small creature, caught during an ...

Public awareness of bats typically peaks around Halloween in the U.S., mostly due to holiday displays and costumes. If Hollywood releases another Batman movie, attention to the species' spikes then, ...