Bat researchers recently declared a “major victory” in helping stop the online ornamental trade of bats, especially the painted woolly bat that’s sought as a décor or trinket for its brightly colored ...

Assistant Professor Anna Doty and her students study bats across California, revealing how these docile creatures benefit ...

Bats can be awfully cute (and are vital to a healthy environment ... have developed to help identify the particular bat species that carry filoviruses such as Ebola. Do you worry about getting ...

The team was looking for Sturnira koopmanhilli — a rare, vulnerable bat species. Much of what is known about the bat has been learned from studying museum specimens, so scientists launched a ...

Blejwas said the animal is almost certainly a little brown bat, a species that is 3 to 4.5 inches ... can help them because they think they’re cute,” she said. Underwood’s work can involve ...

The tricolored bat ranges across most of eastern North America and the midwestern United States. Tricolored bats are a hibernating species and have the longest hibernation period of any bat species in ...