The pekapeka-tou-roa, New Zealand’s long-tailed bat, is special for many reasons. Bats are the island nation’s only native land mammal and the pekapeka-tou-roa is just one of two surviving species in ...

The image of the bat with blood and feathers around its mouth perfectly illustrates the story now published in Science by an international research team. Carlos Ibáñez at the Doñana Biological Station ...

New Zealand has named the pekapeka-tou-roa, or long-tailed bat, as their Bird of the Year, despite the fact that bats are not birds. Some have criticized the call as a publicity stunt to recuperate ...

Bats are incredibly diverse animals: They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or hover to drink nectar from tropical flowers, all of which require distinctive ...

Bats, lauded for scooping up mosquitoes and other nasty pests but reviled for drinking blood and spreading rabies, now have another unpopular habit to live down — it appears they eat songbirds, ...

In a few weeks, warming spring weather will draw out birds, bees and bats to feed, pollinate and nest. You can attract them to your yard with man-made habitats that you build or buy. You'll need ...

A: There are numerous suggestions on the internet, but one I like is: mass.gov/guides/bat-houses. The state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife offers a few good ...

Bats are flying mammals that are biologically fascinating, contribute healthy ecosystems, and help scientists.