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 ...

Statler is the oldest living bat in captivity. The 33-year-old resides at Bat World Sanctuary, a nonprofit organization that rescues and rehabilitates bats in need. The living wasn’t always easy for ...

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 ...

There are over 1,400 bat species in the world, and they are almost exclusively nocturnal. Bats have traditionally been classified as Microchiroptera, or microbats, and Megachiroptera, or megabats.

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 ...

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 ...