Pallas’s long-tongued bats have the fastest metabolism of any mammal, and feed on the nectar from flowers by hovering just outside of them like a hummingbird. Now, using high-speed infrared cameras, ...

Source: Melinda Caric, via Flickr. When biologist Eran Amichai got his first close-up view of a nectar-eating bat about ten years ago, he couldn’t help but notice its whiskers. “They were completely ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) is one of 15 species of bat to inhabit South Carolina Credit: ...

In fact, only three bat species feed on animal blood, and they live in Central and South America. “Bats are all around us, but because they are nocturnal, people often don’t notice the good they do,” ...

Public awareness of bats typically peaks around Halloween in the U.S., mostly due to holiday displays and costumes. If Hollywood releases another Batman movie, attention to the species' spikes then, ...

Scientists have detected signs of H5N1 bird flu exposure in bats. The discovery involves vampire bats living along Peru’s coastal regions. The finding raises concerns about new mammal hosts for ...