Whichever method is used to mitigate vampire bat-human conflicts, more empathy for these misunderstood animals could only help. After all, if you stick your head into a hollow tree full of vampire ...

a researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany. Goldshtein collaborated with scientists at Tel Aviv University on a study of how a species of bats called Kuhl’s ...

On Halloween, which was also the last day of International Bat Week, a hoary bat with a feisty personality named “Hoary ...

At home in the tropical forests of Central and South America, these bats feed on various animals, including tapirs, mountain lions, penguins and, most often nowadays, livestock. To me, as a ...

When you think about a beautiful animal, bats might not immediately come to mind. But for five years running, Thousands of people have cast their votes to decide which small toothy winged creature ...

IDAHO, USA — The annual Bureau of Land Management’s annual Bat Beauty Contest has ended and people may think the season of the bat is over. However, Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG ...

For a millennial couple buying their first home, on an island in the Puget Sound, the cost of humanely resolving the bat ...

Echolocating bats have been found to possess an acoustic ... was demonstrated by researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, the Cluster of Excellence Centre for the Advanced ...

In the Atacama Desert of southern Peru, Humboldt penguins can become the target of vampire bats, whose main source of food is the blood of other animals. Although vampire bats in this region ...

In 2022, a canyon bat named “Barbara” also from southern Oregon was declared the winner. The federal agency has held the competition since 2019 to raise awareness about the animal’s ...