After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny ...

Nitin J. Sanket, a professor at WPI, has developed small flying robots with his team that fit in the palm of a hand and use ...

Ahmedabad airport has undertaken a large-scale wildlife management operation to reduce the risk of bird and animal strikes ...

Given how many species of birds of prey hunt bats, I’m not sure this race is the best one to be partisan about! I think flying mammals would also lose out to birds in a total biomass race. Maybe ...

Scientists discovered that a tiny Panamanian bat hunts like a lion, catching large prey using sound, patience, and precision.

Fringe-lipped bats from Panama hunt like miniature lions, using a “hang-and-wait” strategy to capture large, energy-rich prey. High-tech biologging revealed they spend most of their time conserving ...

International Bat Week will be observed Oct. 24 to 31, 2025, including educational events and outings in Wisconsin.

In this week’s Pastures Past, she’s found newspaper articles from the 1930s and 1940s on bats. Bats are New Zealand’s only ...

A new international study led by researchers from Aarhus University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that small bats can be just as efficient predators as lions—and often ...

New videos reveal the surprising dynamics of bat-rat relationships—and suggest how human activity is fueling these interspecies conflicts.

Baobabs are sometimes called "upside-down trees," because their branches look like roots reaching skyward. Of the eight ...