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.

Scientists put the bloodsucking mammals on a treadmill to understand how they get the energy to chase down their next meal.

White-nose syndrome is wiping out bats. A new voluntary plan has guidelines for conservation measures to protect bats' winter ...

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

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

Created by the zoo's keepers and site services team, the garden highlights features that people can add to their own outdoor ...

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

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

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

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.