Bats possess remarkable sensory abilities, utilizing echolocation with incredible precision to map their surroundings and ...

Epidemic-causing viruses are linked to a small number of bat families, not bats as a whole, improving outbreak prevention ...

We are better off with bats. These bat facts will make you rethink the unsung heroes of the night and learn why you should ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Bats are well known for their ability to “see” with sound, using ...

“You may already have a lot of plants that attract the insects that bats need to feed from, things like ox-eye daisies, ...

“They are an indicator species which lets us know that the environment is doing well where we are,” she says. “When we have ...

For Bat Week this year, we rounded up five reasons to love and conserve these misunderstood mammals. Erin Malsbury From leaf-engineering to complex social circles, there’s more to bats than flying and ...

Bats mostly rely on their echolocation calls for foraging, orientation and navigation. In our modern world, however, they encounter many sensory traps that lead to dangerous errors in interpreting ...

Need more bats? Learn about all the amazing things bats can do in our radio interview with Sharon Swartz and Cynthia Moss, and check out a spotlight on batty science. You’d think that bats and birds ...

In short: Researchers have enlisted farmers to help uncover more information about the role insect-eating bats play in maintaining the balance of rural ecosystems. The Bats in Backyards project is ...

In The Star's annual year in review, the oddest stories of 2025 included a sinking Cybertruck, an egg shortage and rare ...

Infectious disease researchers have identified Pteropine orthoreoviruses (PRVs), a group of newly emergent bat-borne viruses, as the culprit for ...