Ad feature presented by Bat Convervation International. The Mexican long-nosed bat must fly more than 750 miles (1,200km) in ...

The grisly infrared camera footage records a never-before-seen hunting tactic. It may have implications for bat conservation.

Researchers have discovered that male noctule bats adjust their energy consumption with the seasons, using up to 42% more energy in summer than in spring. Researchers from Konstanz have measured the ...

Seeing a single bat flying around your living room can be terrifying; watching hundreds of thousands swarm from an abandoned mine can be mesmerizing. As spring weather returns, bat colonies are ...

For the past 25 years, Professor of Engineering and Biology Sharon Swartz and Professor of Engineering Kenneth Breuer ’82 P’14 P’16 have been fascinated by animal flight. The two professors have ...

Unfounded claims that bats get stuck in people’s hair, that all bats have rabies, and Hollywood’s influence (for example, the concept of blood-sucking vampires) often put bats in a negative light. The ...

On view in PEM's "Bats!" exhibit, Tony Rubino’s “Love Hate Bat” captures the strong, conflicted emotions that bats have evoked. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Halloween is creeping up, and the Peabody Essex ...

Small bats are bad at converting energy into muscle power. Surprisingly, a new study led by Lund University in Sweden reveals that this ability increases the faster they fly. Small bats are bad at ...

If bats make you think of Halloween and spooky movies, Brett Hartis, lead scientist in Duke Energy’s Environmental Sciences group, would like to change your mind. “Bats aren’t traditionally the most ...

Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the ...