This release is also available in German. The retinas of most mammals contain two types of photoreceptor cells, the cones for daylight vision and colour vision, and the more sensitive rods for night ...

We want you to meet our friend... well, the world's friend. His name is Statler, and he is a fruit bat turned internet superstar. He enjoys warm hugs, warm sponge baths, fruit salad and flying... sort ...

The way bats rapidly flap their wings in flight could inspire new designs of flying robots, according to a new study. Researchers studied how fruit bats use their wings to manipulate the air around ...

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Oregon Zoo veterinarians and zookeepers have worked to save a rare baby fruit bat that almost didn’t live past its first day after being rejected by its mother. Sara, one of ...

NICOSIA (Reuters Life!) - Fruit bats are getting a raw deal when it comes to their survival, European experts on the endangered mammal said on Thursday. The furry creatures' penchant for juicy fruit ...

Researchers recently investigated hammer-headed bat populations in southern Cameroon. The mixed-methods investigation was conducted in mature rainforest, where these massive, bizarre-looking bats ...

WASHINGTON — More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic. Bats ...

Zookeepers have been hand-raising one of the new additions, whose mother died just weeks after giving birth Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an ...