Trail cameras provide scientists and conservationists with unprecedented opportunities to observe animal behavior from afar, ...

Across North America, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and other pesticides had a significant impact on bats from the ...

Man with Rare Bat Virus in Critical Condition After Being 'Bitten Several Months Ago,' Say Authorities A man in his 50s has reportedly contracted the first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus ...

Fruit bats are known to dip down into water for a drink and sometimes misjudge the depth, leading to accidental falls. This bat may have mistaken the pool for a freshwater source and gotten more ...

Fruit bats are known to dip down into water for a drink and sometimes misjudge the depth, leading to accidental falls. This bat may have mistaken the pool for a freshwater source and gotten more than ...

The floors of many caves are covered in ‘guano’ – accumulated bat excrement (poop and pee). But peeing when you are hanging upside down would be a messy business. If you have ever wondered how bats ...

Surprisingly, the researchers also found that it only takes two hits for normal bat cells to become malignant, meaning bats aren’t naturally resistant to cancer—they just have “robust tumor ...

On a recent expedition in Gujarat, India, photographer Hardik Shelat captured a rare phenomenon along a river in sweltering heat. With temperatures topping 110 degrees Fahrenheit, he and his ...

One of the interesting facts about the bat is that it is a talented flyer and the only mammal to have the full capacity for flight. Also, these tend to incubate viruses and other diseases. The fossil ...

Two brutes — including one who was busted for a separate assault last month — beat a longtime Bronx fruit vendor and father of three to death with a baseball bat in a “cold-hearted ...

Until now, most research has used either generalized cell samples or organoids made from just one type of tropical fruit bat, and only from a single organ. But a breakthrough has arrived: a ...