New research shows that proboscis bats communicate with each other and echolocate at higher frequencies than scientists expected. This could help the animals sneak up to their targets and evade creatu ...

Almost 5,000 people have signed a petition to designate the bat as Indiana's state mammal. Would you support it?

You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, sharply fanged undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They're gnarly ...

Spotted bats in an Arizona cave share maternal DNA with bats that died there 2,100 years ago, while the Southwest holds most of their variety.

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Bats often get a bad rap, but Bat World Sanctuary is on a mission to change that, one rescued wing at a time. This nonprofit organization rescues, rehabilitates, and provides lifetime care for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency cautioned people to avoid touching or disturbing bats after two of the animals ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — County health officials are urging caution after finding their first rabies-positive animal of the year — a bat. Local: Utility pole accident caused power outage impacting ...

In 1974, philosopher Thomas Nagel posed a deceptively simple question: "What is it like to be a bat?" His point wasn't really about bats. He was offering a provocative challenge about the limits of ...

A Northwestern and Buck Institute study of 28 women found that the ovary keeps changing for decades after menopause, with more inflammation in older tissue. Utah biologists dropped a weight on ...

You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, sharply fanged undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They’re gnarly creatures, often favorite subjects for ...