An international team of scientists has sequenced the genomes of 240 species of mammals. Their publicly available dataset, which contains genomes of mammals ranging from the bumblebee bat to the black ...

Join Chris Morgan to meet bats up close and in person as he tries to figure out the mystery behind these winged mammals. This Halloween season you may have already put up scary bat decorations around ...

International Bat Week will be observed Oct. 24 to 31, 2025, including educational events and outings in Wisconsin.

What do you think of when you hear the word predator? Most of us immediately think of nature’s heavyweights: bears, wolves, lions and any other animals who would send us running off the trail at full ...

This is the time of year when people display big pictures of cartoonish fanged bats in their windows and hang rubber bats from the ceilings at Halloween parties. But behind the scenes, real live bats ...

Every year on April 17, the world turns its attention to the skies at dusk to celebrate Bat Appreciation Day. This special day is not just a tribute but a call to recognise these nocturnal creatures' ...

Just seven millimeters long, flea toads are among the smallest vertebrates on Earth. Despite their diminutive size, their organs and functions hardly differ from animals a thousand times larger. While ...

Dracula is the stuff of fiction, and so is Batman, but Bat Week is a real thing. Running from Oct. 24 through Halloween, it celebrates the role bats play in ecosystems across the globe. BatWeek.org ...

Bats are an evolutionary success story. With approximately 1,400 species living today, they thrive in every environment except the polar regions. They come in a remarkable range of sizes, from the ...

Books about bats, as well as bat decor, can be found in celebration of the Brian Lies Summer Reading theme at the Abilene Public Library. It's the perfect time to learn more about this amazing ...

Tucsonians of all ages went batty and piled into the dry Rillito riverbed for the third annual Bat Night. There are 40,000 bats that live under the Campbell Avenue Bridge from April to September and ...