A Natal long-fingered bat (Miniopterus natalensis) parasitized by a male bat fly (Penicillidia fulvida) on the wall of a diatomite mine in Nakuru, Kenya. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

This article was originally published in 2011 and has been reedited. On rainy nights, the sky belongs to the raindrops. Birds have settled in, insects hide, and bats—nature’s only furry flying ...

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Even though they share the characteristics of all mammals - hair, regulated body temperature, the ability to bear their young alive and nurse them - bats are the only mammals to truly fly. The ...

WHILE watching a greater horseshoe bat flying up and down a hedge at dusk, I noticed that the bat glided for short intervals very frequently throughout its flight. This behaviour has been ...

Research suggests that forest management efforts are supporting healthy bat populations in the Southeast, even amidst the ...

Predicting the direction in which a bat would fly wasn’t going to be easy, so we used three cameras to cover multiple angles, including one that could slow down the action 80 times. The vibrant ...

Bats are one of the most overlooked and misunderstood of our fellow mammals. You can help turn things around for them. Because bats fly around in the dark, roost in hidden locations and many avoid ...

Researchers at Northeastern University in Massachusetts have developed a new type of drone, capable of flying through the air like a bat. Called Aerobat, it uses a combination of rigid and ...