All of New York’s bat species are insectivores, chowing down on pests that ravage crops. The nocturnal predators also limit ...

Six species of North American bats glow under ultraviolet lighting, according to a new study. Researchers don’t know why ...

A recent study identifies a consistent glow across six species of North American bats, but the underlying reason for the ...

Those found in coastal South America, Southeast Asia, and equatorial Africa are more likely to harbor dangerous pathogens ...

New species of bat, Pipistrellus etula, on Bioko Island, bringing the total number of known species worldwide to 1,500.

“These bats are notoriously elusive, so the tube-nosed bat collection this study examined was cobbled together over many ...

Six new species of tube-nosed bats have been discovered inside the forests of the Philippines—just in time for Halloween.

While the neon glow may surprise us, the reality for the animals experiencing it might be very different. Bats don’t have a black light to shine on one another under the dark of night, and the moon ...

A study published in Communications Biology sheds new light on the relationship between bats and dangerous viruses. Led by ...

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

José G. Martínez-Fonseca has spent years documenting the hidden beauty of bats, and his work shows just how misunderstood ...

The tube-nosed bats were identified in the protected forests of the Philippines by an international research team.