Where did those droppings come from? Learn how to distinguish bat guano from mouse droppings by observing these telltale ...

While some bugs have evolved the ability to detect these comparatively low-frequency ultrasound triangulations, birds have ...

For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude. During spring and fall migrations, billions of birds take to the night skies. The high-altitude ...

Bats pollinate plants and control insects but also transmit diseases to humans. Researchers investigate ways to prevent viral ...

The National Park Service announced in September that the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats was found at San Juan Island National Historical Park in Washington and on bat droppings at Lew ...

Aarhus University in Denmark put trackers on greater noctule bats – the largest bats in Europe – and heard the distress calls ...

Bats belong to the order Chiroptera-not Rodentia. They're actually more closely related to primates than they are to rodents.

After nearly 25 years of research, the mystery has finally been solved: Europe's largest bat doesn't just eat small birds—it ...

Researchers say the findings show that bats are not only able to catch birds but also kill and eat them while flying ...

To exploit a rich food resource that remains largely inaccessible to most predators, Europe’s largest bat captures, kills, and consumes nocturnally migrating birds in flight high above the ground, ...