Glasgow university researchers say more humans and livestock are being bitten by the bats because of the impacts of climate change.

Vampire bats are spreading rabies into new areas of the Amazon [Getty Images] Scottish scientists in the Amazon are helping to tackle a growing threat from vampire bats, which carry the deadly rabies ...

“They bring bad luck.” “They get stuck in your hair!” Let’s face it: bats have a bad rap. And vampire bats have the worst reputation of all — as creepy, bloodthirsty creatures who are always on the ...

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

Found in swampy areas of North America, the star-nosed mole's titular appendage consists of 22 probes with 25,000 sensory ...

Six new bat species were recently discovered in the Philippines by a team of researchers from Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), the Field Museum in Chicago, and Lawrence University in Wisconsin.

Over five decades, Stephen King has created some of the most terrifying villains in literature, which inspired classic movies ...

Despite widespread infection in terrestrial and marine mammals, bats had not previously been implicated as hosts for H5 viruses. A new study reports the first evidence of H5 influenza A virus (IAV) ...

"If you were able to stand somewhat close to the white dwarf's pole, you would see a column of gas stretching 2,000 miles ...

Monsters don’t always come wrapped in the trappings of horror or myth. Most often, monsters in the real world look like ordinary people. They walk among us. They smile for the cameras. They promise ...

Monsters don’t always come wrapped in the trappings of horror or myth. Most often, monsters in the real world look like ordinary people. They walk among us. They smile for the cameras. They promise ...