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 ...

A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they ...

Bats navigate cluttered environments by interpreting patterns in echo changes—known as acoustic flow velocity—rather than analyzing individual echoes. Experiments show bats adjust their speed based on ...

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 ...

A huge swarm of bats flying out of a massive Mexican cave in unison has gone viral on Reddit. The video, posted to Reddit by user u/Erne385291 and originally put online by Twitter user ...

The dream of flying has always fascinated humanity. In evolutionary history, the ability to fly has emerged independently only three times: in birds, pterosaurs, and, uniquely among mammals, in bats.