A team of National Geographic Explorers is studying how these bats developed their architectural expertise—while cataloguing the various styles of tents they make.

Bats get a deadly bad rap — but they could play a lifesaving role in cancer treatment, according to a “fascinating new study” that examines their remarkable immune systems. Despite their long ...

Mexican long-nosed bats have a taste for agave nectar, fueling their migration from Mexico to the U.S. each summer ...

When bats can't hear, new research finds that these hearing-dependent animals employ a remarkable compensation strategy. They adapt immediately and robustly, suggesting for the first time that bats' ...

As the Coast’s warm, subtropical environment is a draw for snowbirds and tourists, it’s also a draw for bats — an environmentally essential, but often overlooked, part of the region’s ecosystem.

Bat surveying team from Virginia Tech at work in one of Wisconsin's 250 hibernation sites. Bats are in trouble. This week, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposed shifting one species, the northern ...

The Yankees’ new torpedo bats might be here to stay. Despite many fans’ worries that the bats may be illegal, they do not violate MLB rules. MLB requires that bats are smooth, round and don’t have ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Every March, thousands of Austin residents and tourists look up at the underside of the city's Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue, as they wait for over a million Mexican free-tailed bats ...