The New World’s two biggest bats are both carnivorous, preying upon animals like mice, frogs, and birds. The woolly false vampire bat and the spectral bat, the latter of which can have a ...

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I was startled for several reasons, but primarily because of the reputation that all bats are either vampires or carry rabies. (I should mention that vampire bats aren’t found in the U.S., and ...

Shrouded in folklore and often misrepresented in popular culture, bats remain one of America’s most misunderstood mammals. These remarkable creatures – the only flying mammals on Earth – have been ...

But a few scientists have provided useful data. During the 1991 total eclipse, cave-roosting common vampire bats and Geoffroy's tailless bats showed no behavioral changes at the Grutas de la ...

The researchers found evidence of infection with previously unknown morbilliviruses in several species of bats—including vampire bats, whose blood-sucking behavior facilitates contact with other ...

An emerging fungal infection is endangering bats in America. DNA analysis reveals that the infection first arose in Europe, mediated by two fungal culprits. Is this an oversimplified origin story?

And here's a weird twist: they have a social side too, often sharing blood meals with their bat buddies! More for You Map: Cargo ship with 3,000 vehicles abandoned off Alaska island ...

The researchers found evidence of infection with previously unknown morbilliviruses in several species of bats—including vampire bats, whose blood-sucking behavior facilitates contact with other ...

Bats are incredibly diverse, both morphologically and taxonomically. Bats are the only mammalian group to have achieved powered flight, an adaptation that is hypothesized to have allowed them to ...

Male lions are also extremely aggressive and can sometimes use their teeth to kill one another. Vampire bats are omnivorous bats equipped with fangs (hence their playful name). These bats, found in ...