Spix’s disc-winged bats shrieked when they were first shown mealworms, a new food for them. Were they alarmed, or were they communicating their excitement to their fellow bats? Elisabeth King Tightly ...

You can probably picture a vampire: a pale, sharply fanged, undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They’re gnarly creatures, often favorite subjects for ...

The world’s largest carnivorous bat has a surprisingly rich social life, displaying affectionate greetings and providing food to family group members, according to a study by Marisa Tietge at Museum ...

A frog-eating bat approaches a túngara frog, one of its preferred foods. Image credit: Grant Maslowski It is late at night, and we are silently watching a bat in a roost through a night-vision camera.

Spectral bats are large, carnivorous creatures that feast on rodents, birds and even other bats. However, despite their fearsome reputation, these flying mammals (Vampyrum spectrum) also appear to ...

Tel Aviv University researchers reveal: Fruit bats contend with black rats in complex ways that change with the seasons. A new study from the School of Zoology at Tel Aviv University reveals that ...