Bats sometimes get a bad rap, but these fascinating facts show how they pollinate plants, control insects and thrive in the ...

Bats are dark, fast, unpredictable, and active at night, but despite their unusual nature, they are vital to our environment ...

There have been reports of rabies in bats in Tennessee, but skunks are the most common carrier of the disease in the state, ...

Local bat populations are getting attention in the Phoenix area due to a recent mosquito surge ahead of Halloween.

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 ...

For all their benefits, the world's only flying mammals continue to be the subject of several myths. One misconception is ...

Bats can get a bad reputation, especially around Halloween when their imagery is used to spook and scare, but Westrich and ...

I don’t usually get the typical creepy-crawly feeling when it comes to wildlife, excluding snakes and very large spiders.

For the first time, brown rats have been filmed actively hunting bats, snatching some from the air and capturing others on ...

Bats love to munch on insects like stink bugs and moths. Some farmers are now relying on the mammals for pest control – and ...