Biologists and engineers have joined forces to build a new robot bat that’s helping us understand how real bats use ...

Researchers reviewing the diversity of bats in the Western Himalayas in India recently confirmed a new-to-science species from Uttarakhand state. Named the Himalayan long-tailed myotis (Myotis ...

Moreover, bats can live a really long time, with the oldest-known bat living to the ripe old age of 41. But if there’s one ...

Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity and conservation.She had suspected the small creature, caught during an ...

Bats have inspired many pop culture references, most famously vampires. But did you know there is a species of bat that looks ...

Epidemic-causing viruses are linked to a small number of bat families, not bats as a whole, improving outbreak prevention efforts.