A recent study identifies a consistent glow across six species of North American bats, but the underlying reason for the ...

Bats get a bad rap. They’re tied to Halloween decorations, vampire legends, and the occasional panicked reaction when one ...

A new species of tube-nosed bat has been discovered in the protected forests of the Philippines. Researchers from the (ROM), the Field Museum in Chicago, and Lawrence University in Wisconsin have ...

José G. Martínez-Fonseca has spent years documenting the hidden beauty of bats, and his work shows just how misunderstood ...

There have been reports of rabies in bats in Tennessee, but skunks are the most common carrier of the disease in the state, ...

In the face of devastating population loss throughout the region, every bat that the Pennsylvania Bat Conservation and ...

A former A&E doctor who has transformed her home into a bat hospital has said she wants to help change public perception of ...

For all their benefits, the world's only flying mammals continue to be the subject of several myths. One misconception is ...

For some reason October is our national Bat Appreciation Month, with Bat Appreciation Week at the end of the month including Halloween. Unfortunately, linking bats to Halloween reinforces the ...

“These bats are notoriously elusive, so the tube-nosed bat collection this study examined was cobbled together over many ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for ...

"Bats are the most misunderstood animals, so it's really about educating the public," said bat house manager Jon Gillespie.