Bumblebee bat mothers raise just one pup each year, and they do so very carefully. After the tiny pup is born, it hangs onto its mother and nurses from her mammary glands until the baby has grown ...

Asia boasts 442 bat species, more than a third of the globe’s 1,200 species total. While many of these bats haven’t even been assessed by the IUCN, 7 are known to be Critically Endangered, 15 ...

The bumblebee bat, at roughly the length of your smallest pinkie joint, is thought to be the most petite mammal. Compare that with the giant flying fox, ...

Flying fox bat can have a wingspan of six feet. It lives in Asia and Australia. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images) Bats are the only mammals that fly. There are more than 1,200 kinds of bats. The smallest ...

The bumblebee bat—1.5 grams in weight and beautifully adapted for flying—is also a placental mammal. So are you. So is a bear, an anteater, a giraffe and a squirrel.

How Small Is the Bumblebee Bat? This tiny bat measures just 29 to 33 millimetres (about 1.1 to 1.3 inches) in length, about the size of a large bumblebee, which is where it gets its name.