If you haven't been convinced that bats are adorable or that some look like smaller, slightly misshapen doggos, here's your final evidence. Meet Duchess, a Western mastiff bat-the largest bat species ...

Bats across the southwestern United States are struggling, likely because of the combined effects of higher temperatures and less rainfall. Younger bats are dying because they simply can't tolerate ...

The silver-haired bat is one of the most common bats in forested areas of America. It’s one of four bat species that ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose ...

Six new species of bat have been discovered in time for Halloween. The tube-nosed bats were identified in the protected forests of the Philippines by an international research team. They say the ...

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, ...

One of the largest and most formidable hunters in the world of bats also appears to be one of the cuddliest. Spectral bats—whose scientific name is worthy of a horror movie: Vampyrum spectrum—have ...

A bat species rarely seen in Colorado, an evening bat, was found in Wellington. If DNA verified, it would be only the fourth ...

A team of National Geographic Explorers is studying how these bats developed their architectural expertise—while cataloguing the various styles of tents they make.