We are better off with bats. These bat facts will make you rethink the unsung heroes of the night and learn why you should ...

This news release is available in German. African straw-coloured fruit bats fulfil important ecosystem functions by dispersing seeds and pollen during their flights. Researchers from the Max Planck ...

People around the world eat too much sugar. When the body is unable to process sugar effectively, leading to excess glucose in the blood, this can result in diabetes. According to the World Health ...

Scientists have found another piece in the puzzle of how echolocation evolved in bats, moving closer to solving a decades-long evolutionary mystery. All bats — apart from the fruit bats of the family ...

Scientists are learning more about the rarely seen spectral bat, Latin America’s “jaguar on the wing.” A spectral bat, the largest bat species in the Western Hemisphere, consumes a short-tailed fruit ...

New videos reveal the surprising dynamics of bat-rat relationships—and suggest how human activity is fueling these interspecies conflicts.

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Jessica Elbert, a boarded veterinary anatomic pathologist, diplomat of the American ...

According to several social media users, the new bat design on the 2020 U.S. quarter proves the government knew about the coronavirus pandemic before the first confirmed case and kept it hidden. "It ...

On view in PEM's "Bats!" exhibit, Tony Rubino’s “Love Hate Bat” captures the strong, conflicted emotions that bats have evoked. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Halloween is creeping up, and the Peabody Essex ...