It’s about the size of a large bumblebee - and it holds the title of world’s smallest mammal. In this video, we take a closer look at the bumblebee bat, where it lives, how it survives, and why this ...

Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a ...

Scientists in China have discovered a host of never-before-seen viruses in bats that live near humans. These viruses include ...

A researcher at Rutgers found that the invasive species has an enemy that we didn't know about until today – bats. "…Most ...

Now in its 12th year, the California Academy of Sciences’ BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition celebrates some of ...

I first heard about dermestids on a tour of Bracken Cave, the grotto just north of San Antonio that is home to the world’s ...

Most bats use echolocation to navigate and hunt, but some use their ears for another trick: eavesdropping. "And then these frog-eating bats, for example, they are actually listening in on the ...

Most bats use echolocation to navigate and hunt, but some use their ears for another trick: eavesdropping. "And then these frog-eating bats, for example, they are actually listening in on the ...

PAGE: And then these frog-eating bats, for example, they are actually listening in on the mating calls of frogs that are much, much lower in frequency. So they've had to evolve, basically, like ...

Fringe-lipped bats eat frogs and toads, distinguishing between palatable and unpalatable species by listening to the amphibians’ croaks. Logan James at the Smithsonian Tropical Research ...

Being mammals, bats nurse their young pups. When a bat pup is born, the mother catches the youngster as it falls from her womb and encircles it in her wings. Baby bats nurse for about six weeks.

Grimsby, Ont., wildlife rehabilitator Cara Contardi shares how she learned to nurse four baby bats she helped rescue last year. Contardi directs Urban Wildlife Care.