Bats move their ears fast to create frequency shifts in echoes that can give them more information about their prey targets or the surroundings they are navigating through.

Costly virus hunts are ineffective in protecting public health and have unfairly harmed the historically excellent safety record of bats as beneficial neighbors.

Freshwater fish suffer from low levels of oxygen in the country’s rivers, while bats are unable to survive the extreme air temperatures.

It’s the first time the deadly pathogen has been found in West Africa.

Bats use both echolocation and vision to avoid eating unpleasant fireflies.

Scientists have found a previously unknown virus in Myanmar.

The bat version of the STING protein helps dampen the mammals' immune response to infection, researchers have found.

This hammer-headed fruit bat is wearing a GPS tracker deployed by researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society.

The Texas Tech University professor also investigated the effects of the Chernobyl disaster on surrounding wildlife.