Flagstaff, Arizona — Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof has been ...

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Dear EarthTalk: How are bat species doing these days? -- G.V., Butte, Montana If you enjoy money, tequila and saving the ...

High-frequency ultrasound significantly reduces the size of the face and modifies the internal bones of the ear in bats.

Bats are some of the most highly specialized mammals to have ever evolved. This includes not only the evolution of active flight, but also their echolocation. This ability requires the bats to produce ...

A team of National Geographic Explorers is studying how these bats developed their architectural expertise—while cataloguing ...

Learn how echolocation has shaped the skulls of bats that emit high-frequency sounds through their mouths and noses.

The tiny wings of the endangered Indiana bat seem to be taking the creature on longer journeys. The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently documented the longest known, single-season migration of the ...

There are dozens of species in Pennsylvania that are currently endangered or threatened. Some of which might surprise you. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, there are currently nearly 30 ...

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 ...

FLORIDA, USA — Maternity season for Florida's 13 "native and beneficial bat species" starts Wednesday, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). For Floridians, if bats ...