Bats tend to have a bad rep with people (well, maybe outside the goth community, anyway). These creatures of the night are frequently accused of sucking blood, spreading rabies, and generally giving ...

Most library-goers don’t get to enjoy a bit of nature while pursuing books; not so for Portugal’s Joanine Library. A colony of bats has called the library home since the 18th century. The fascinating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bats tend to have a bad rep with people (well, maybe outside the goth community, anyway). These creatures of the night are ...

Wild gray bats adjust their echolocation calls based on the other bats in their flying group and the obstacles in their way, per analysis of a colony in Virginia.

Bats are not only masters of aerodynamic flight — they’re skillful at multitasking while flying, too. By Rachel Nuwer Some humans like to think of themselves as good multitaskers, but bats may do it ...

For the past 25 years, Professor of Engineering and Biology Sharon Swartz and Professor of Engineering Kenneth Breuer ’82 P’14 P’16 have been fascinated by animal flight. The two professors have ...

It is Bat Week, an international celebration of the flying mammals and their importance. I visited the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to get some bat facts. Bats get a bad rap. Maybe it's Bram Stoker's ...

If you drive across the Yolo Causeway as the sun sets, you may see ribbon-like streams of bats surge from underneath the bridge and into the open air. The causeway supports tens of thousands of ...