What’s going on in their tiny pancreases? Envy the fruit bat. They can eat twice their body weight in sugary fruit without spiking blood sugar endangering their health. In fact, you’ll see a unicorn ...

But wildlife carers have said they are now seeing a heightened number of underweight bats being entangled and killed in plastic fruit tree netting. The netting is used by residents to keep animals off ...

“I've never seen a bat swim,” added a second person. “Can we please call it the bat stroke?” added another person on social media. “It’s a fruit bat. A flying fox. They have really cute faces, and ...

As the world marks International Bat Appreciation Day, conservation organisation Wild Africa is sounding the alarm on the urgent need to protect Nigeria’s rich but threatened bat population ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University reveals that the greater mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) uses its long tail as a natural tactile sensor to navigate backward in dark caves.