Vampire bats rely on amino acids from their blood diet to fuel their exercise, scientists discovered after observing the ...

Though most species inhabit the tropical and semitropical areas of the world, they are still common in the United States and are most numerous in the Southwest. Some bats prefer to roost in barns, ...

"This critical habitat designation for one of North America’s rarest bats, provides an umbrella of protection for all species living thereunder.” Today’s critical habitat designation is the result of ...

Bats provide other services to humans too, such as pollinating plants and distributing seeds, in tropical and subtropical habitats throughout the world. Some of these plants are useful to people, ...

Deforestation in Costa Rica raises the risk of cattle becoming infected with rabies by vampire bats, finds a new study. Emerging Infectious Diseases published the research by disease ecologists at ...

In March 2016, my team and I set off for northern Thailand with the task of filming a sequence about the rarely seen painted bat, (Kerivoula picta) for ‘Thailand: Earth’s Tropical Paradise.’ ...