Northern California wildlife experts are urging residents to skip a common Halloween decoration this year after multiple bats ...

Fake spider webs may be a popular Halloween decoration, but wildlife experts are warning that the stretchy material can trap ...

Spotted bats in an Arizona cave share maternal DNA with bats that died there 2,100 years ago, while the Southwest holds most of their variety.

The flying mammals likely arose 65 million years ago in Europe, before spreading to Africa and then the rest of the world, according to the new research ...

New research shows that proboscis bats communicate with each other and echolocate at higher frequencies than scientists expected. This could help the animals sneak up to their targets and evade creatu ...

Bats are often cast as the unseen night-time stewards of nature, flitting through the dark to control pest insects, pollinate plants and disperse seeds. But behind their silent contributions lies a ...

A huge genomic and fossil study suggests bats first evolved in Europe around 65 to 60 million years ago before spreading ...

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Flying fruit bats in Australia. A new study finds that the same part of the brain that helps bats and other mammals navigate their spatial environment may also help them navigate collective social ...

Bats are not only masters of aerodynamic flight — they’re skillful at multitasking while flying, too. By Rachel Nuwer Some humans like to think of themselves as good multitaskers, but bats may do it ...

For decades, scientists have debated where bats first evolved, with Africa, Asia and North America among the proposed origins ...