A bat gym shows that vampires are more like some insects, burning amino acids from blood proteins rather than the carbs or fats other mammals rely on.

Hoary Potter was crowned the winner of the 2024 Bat Beauty Contest, marking the third year in a row that Oregon bats have ...

“Instead, they land a few feet away, silently approach the cow’s leg and make a tiny, painless incision with the cow none the wiser.” These pursuits of prey can be energy draining. And the palm-size ...

that the bats might, instead, be able to feed off proteins in the way certain bloodsucking insects do. Tsetse flies and ...

Did you know that 17 different types of bats live in Northern California? Some are pollinators; others are insect eaters.

Hoary Potter, the hoary bat from Oregon, has won his final duel! On Halloween—the last day of International Bat Week—he ...

Many species of bats use echolocation to avoid obstacles like tree branches and hunt small insects as they fly through the ...

The Bureau of Land Management’s annual Bat Beauty Contest returns! Two Oregon bats are set to defend their crown and try to ...

Everything is indeed bigger in Texas, including its bat colonies. Texas has 33 species of bats, more than any other state, and is home to the world's largest colony.

they [bat boxes] can make a real difference in supplementing their natural habitats,” he added. Newark College The materials were paid for by the council, but students gave their own time to ...

On certain summer nights, you can find Richard Fritsky slowly driving the backroads of northeast Pennsylvania with a specialized microphone attached to the roof of his car. “The microphone picks up ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is facing a unique challenge with hundreds of thousands of bats taking over a decaying warehouse near the Huntsville prison.