Most library-goers don’t get to enjoy a bit of nature while pursuing books; not so for Portugal’s Joanine Library. A colony of bats has called the library home since the 18th century. The fascinating ...

Forget festivals and sporting events, the Bracken Cave bat colony is considered to be the largest gathering of mammals on ...

A wide range of mammal species are adversely affected, including both endemic (those only found in southern Africa) and non-endemic (those found in other places too) species. They range from less ...

Bats are one of evolution’s most remarkable creations. They stand apart as the only mammals capable of true flight, using their thin, flexible wings to glide, hover, and dart through the night sky.

It is Bat Week, an international celebration of the flying mammals and their importance. I visited the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to get some bat facts. Bats get a bad rap. Maybe it's Bram Stoker's ...

Milwaukee Film will host a screening of The Invisible Mammal, followed by a Q&A on Sunday, Oct. 26, at The Oriental Theatre. The film highlights the importance of bats, along with women scientists ...

This is "Bat Week" in the U.S. No, it's not a Halloween promotion. It's an annual awareness campaign to educate the public about bats' critical role in the environment. And to remind everyone not to ...

Just in time for Halloween, six new bat species have been discovered by researchers from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Field Museum in Chicago, and Lawrence University in Wisconsin. This nocturnal – ...

Biologists and engineers have joined forces to build a new robot bat that’s helping us understand how real bats use ...