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 ...

With the arrival of March, spring is just around the corner, flowers begin to bloom, and the sun shines a bit longer and ...

At newly colonized high-elevation sites in the central Italian Apennines, female Daubenton's bats take turns using the same hunting spots instead of feeding side by side. A study published by a ...

Within the animal kingdom, mammals are among the most charismatic and diverse. They are admired for their strength and prowess, revered for their graceful elegance, or loved for providing us with a ...

A: There are numerous suggestions on the internet, but one I like is: mass.gov/guides/bat-houses. The state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife offers a few good ...

Lots of us aren’t very keen on bats. But the more we find out about them, the more amazing they turn out to be ...