Bats are able to consume an extraordinary amount of sugar with no ill effects. Scientists are trying to learn more about how bats do it — and... Some bats eat a ton of sugar and have no health woes.

Some fruit bats eat up to twice their body weight in sugary mangoes, bananas, or figs every day to not only survive, but thrive. Unlike humans, these flying mammals can have an essentially permanent ...

Bats are one of the most misunderstood animals. They are called bloodsuckers, hair-grabbers, disease-carriers and sinister ...

Bats get a bad reputation for being creepy or disease-ridden, but they’re actually doing loads of important work that keeps [ ...

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — A tiny bat began its journey to recovery at a Florida wildlife rehabilitation center this week after it was found on a sidewalk unable to move. In a social media post, the ...

After nearly 25 years of research, the mystery has finally been solved: Europe's largest bat doesn't just eat small birds—it hunts and captures them more than a kilometer above the ground. And it eats ...

This Artibeus fruit bat feasts on sugary fruit every night but these winged mammals don’t suffer from diabetes or other metabolic problems as humans might if we were to gorge on sugar. Some bats like ...