That is gonna kill you.” But nectar bats “go beyond what we know is survivable for other types of mammals,” she say — and somehow don’t get sick.

Nectar bats may have nature’s biggest sweet tooth. Each night, the creatures scour the jungle for blossoming flowers in order to consume as much as 150% of their body weight in liquid sugar ...

For nectar-feeding bats that hover as they feed from flowers, this aerial maneuver also depends on extra-long whiskers unlike those of most other bat species, according to a Dartmouth College-led ...

Using high-speed infrared cameras, researchers have discovered that the whiskers on long-tongued bats help them expertly extract nectar from flowers, sometimes as quickly as a half-second. The ...

Nectar bats will visit flowers at night, using their long tongues to reach within the flowers to obtain nectar. Typically, ...

A little nectar-feeding bat has entangled herself in the net. With her wings folded up, her body's no bigger than a hard-boiled egg. Camacho and Ann Froschauer extract the bat carefully.

That is gonna kill you.” But nectar bats “go beyond what we know is survivable for other types of mammals,” she say — and somehow don’t get sick.

Bats are able to consume an extraordinary amount of sugar with no ill effects. Scientists are trying to learn more about how bats do it — and whether humans can learn from their sugar response.

Bats are able to consume an extraordinary amount of sugar with no ill effects. Scientists are trying to learn more about how bats do it — and whether humans can learn from their sugar response.