Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just in time for Halloween, Bat Appreciation Week is coming. Celebrated Oct. 24 through Oct. 31, Bat Appreciation Week is an ...

Bats gather to feast as nocturnal insects fly through mountain passes in the Pyrenees each autumn, new research shows. Bats gather to feast as nocturnal insects fly through mountain passes in the ...

A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they ...

Bat flies represent a remarkably diverse group of obligate, haematophagous ectoparasites that specialise in parasitising bats. Their evolution is inextricably linked to that of their chiropteran hosts ...

We all know that bats are masters of the night, with their high-pitched calls and whisper-quiet wings, weaving through ...

When I was a kid, we had a book called “Animals Nobody Loves,” in which the author, Ronald Rood, introduced readers to “nature’s most misunderstood and maligned creatures” such as rats, snakes, ...

Flying bats do not travel through silence. Every call they make comes back layered with sound from leaves, branches, trunks, ...