When most people think of bats, they picture small, shadowy creatures fluttering through the night sky. But what if someone ...

Many people begin to think about scary things as the Halloween season approaches and bats are often among the things that elicit fear and dread. Hollywood’s portrayal of bats are primarily negative ...

Bats seen swooping over gardens and yards at night are responding directly to insect abundance below, signaling a healthy local ecosystem and providing substantial natural pest control. When these ...

Flying foxes. Megabats. Fruit bats. Whatever name you choose, these fox-faced creatures are remarkable. Our four species help pollinate eucalyptus trees in eastern Australia, spread the seeds of ...

As dozens of bats swooped down to collect water from the Daintree River in Australia, one crocodile awaited the perfect opportunity to pounce and with “unbelievable precision” leaped up from the water ...

It’s a big year for tiny things, ants included. Abundant moisture is helping ant colonies thrive. What other critters are those living in the Colorado mountains dealing with? Tate Eberly, owner of ...

In new research published in PeerJ, researchers from the University of Washington, University of Texas at Austin and Oregon Institute of Technology, led by undergraduate student Abby Burtner, have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mexican free-tailed bats occupy a wide variety of habitats, ranging from desert communities through pinion-juniper woodland and ...