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Why You Shouldn’t Fear Bats Historically, bats have been cast as terrifying night stalkers. This, however, is a misleading ...

The MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone is set to fire an air missile in December. The promising Collaborative Combat Aircraft will test fire an AIM-120 AMRAAM munition as part of the Australian military’s ...

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

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When it comes to unexpected horror stories, humans may never beat nature at its scariest. In Germany, rats reportedly like to intercept bats near hibernation sites, killing and feasting on the local ...

One of my favorite times of the year is fall because it involves Halloween. What better creature than a bat to help us celebrate trick-or-treating by children decked out in scary outfits? And, ...

Bats have long been associated with Halloween, but the reason could be as simple as the turning of the seasons. Historically, Halloween represented the end of the harvest season, and when it got dark, ...

I have spent most of my life thinking bats were largely solitary creatures, apart from when they gathered in roosts in attics and, classically, church belfries. When I eventually saw fruit bats flying ...

Even for the world’s largest carnivorous bat, a hug is the best hello. Spectral bats are far more cooperative than researchers long assumed, routinely greeting one another with wing wraps and even ...

I just got my third dose of the rabies vaccine— words I never imagined myself saying, let alone writing for the paper. Just one more to go and I’m protected against the virus for up to three years.

Some bat species can live cancer-free for up to 25 years, which is equivalent to 180 human years. How do they do it? Reading time 3 minutes When you think of longevity in animals, chances are that the ...