A team of National Geographic Explorers is studying how these bats developed their architectural expertise—while cataloguing the various styles of tents they make.

Dear EarthTalk: How are bat species doing these days? -- G.V., Butte, Montana If you enjoy money, tequila and saving the ...

Bats get a deadly bad rap — but they could play a lifesaving role in cancer treatment, according to a “fascinating new study” that examines their remarkable immune systems. Despite their long ...

Bats are some of the most highly specialized mammals to have ever evolved. This includes not only the evolution of active ...

When bats can't hear, new research finds that these hearing-dependent animals employ a remarkable compensation strategy. They adapt immediately and robustly, suggesting for the first time that bats' ...

What makes one bat take risks and venture far from its roost in search of food, while another stays close to familiar, safer areas? A new study from Tel Aviv University's School of Zoology reveals ...

As the Coast’s warm, subtropical environment is a draw for snowbirds and tourists, it’s also a draw for bats — an environmentally essential, but often overlooked, part of the region’s ecosystem.

Bat surveying team from Virginia Tech at work in one of Wisconsin's 250 hibernation sites. Bats are in trouble. This week, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposed shifting one species, the northern ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — On this Friday the 13th, spooky creatures like bats may come to mind. But, bats have had plenty to fear themselves in the past 15 years. A disease called white-nose syndrome ...

A GOOD REMINDER TO CHECK YOUR ATTICS, BATS ARE RETURNING TO THE AREA THIS TIME OF YEAR, OFTEN WEASELING THEIR WAY INTO VENTS OF PEOPLE’S HOMES. AND IF YOU DISCOVER ABOUT PROBLEM IN YOUR ATTIC BETWEEN ...