Thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats are set to be displaced by the expansion of Interstate 35 through Austin.

Fruit and sometimes insects also supplement their diet. Most of the Old World fruit and flower eaters rely on vision and sense of smell to locate food rather than sonar. Unlike birds, bats are color ...

Vampire bats in Peru sometimes prey on penguin chicks, but the adult penguins are ready to fight back—with a little help from dirt and even poop.

Today is both Halloween and the last day of Bat Week, which makes it the perfect day to admire beautiful bats like these four ...

Daubenton's Bats (similar to the one pictured above) are among the species found in the mines Bats have turned a collection of abandoned coal mines into a prime mating spot, experts say.

Even bats aged nearly 13 years old — well into old age — retained youthful hearing. Analysis of a portion of the inner ear ...

a 24-year-old student visiting from Indiana, told AFP after the tour. White-nose syndrome is caused by the fungus ...

Luckily, they’re only imaginary … or are they? There are real vampires in the world of bats. Out of over 1,400 currently described bat species, three are known to feed on blood exclusively.

A hoary bat with a feisty personality named "Hoary Potter" defeated "Lestat" and "Sir Flaps-A-Lot" to win the Bureau of Land ...

The Marine’s name was Vincent Wright, assisted by his son, Logan. He’s famous in Bat Cave: The scraggly Marine who showed up like an angel and got the lights back on. As the skies began to clear, ...

A sign damaged by Hurricane Helene on the side of the road. Off of U.S. 64/Chimney Rock Road lies the town of Bat Cave, called a place “hit hardest in (Henderson) county by the storm" by one ...

Cold bats thawed and tired relievers pieced together enough outs to rev up the Mets charter for a flight back to Southern California following a 12-6 victory over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the NLCS ...