While bats are often associated with darkness, vampires, death and witchcraft, some bats are incredibly important to the ecosystem. Not only does their dung, known as guano, provide nutrients for ...

Bats play a bigger role than birds do in controlling tropical insects, and the loss of bats might mean that morning cup of coffee gets more expensive, researchers said on Thursday. Two separate ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - You can call them the contrarians of the bat world. While nearly all bats roost upside down from tree limbs or cave ceilings, two species of tiny "sucker-footed" bats currently ...

Bat Week is an internationally recognized celebration of the important role bats play in our environment. It is a great time to appreciate New York’s bat species and it is observed Oct. 24 through 31.

Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats. Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which ...

They fly like no other creature on Earth, survive for decades, and rarely get cancers. Learning their secrets could lead to new advances for human use. How do bats fly? Scientists at Brown University ...

Anderson Cooper examines the possible connection between bats and many deadly human viruses in CNN Special Report “Bats: The Mystery Behind Covid-19.” Watch Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Before entering ...

Bats are notoriously hard to spot due to their crepuscular and/or nocturnal behavior. While you may be lucky enough to catch the occasional glimpse as they swoop overhead at twilight, a bat detector ...

A little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) at the Oregon Caves National Monument, shown here in a provided photo from 2025. Emma Busk / BLM White-nose syndrome is a fungal disease that grows on hibernating ...