At first glance, bats and birds appear remarkably similar. Both dominate the skies, possess wings, and have evolved the ability to fly with extraordinary agility. Yet beneath these superficial ...

There are facts about bats that most everyone seems to know: They’re the only flying mammals in the animal kingdom; they sleep upside down, an evolutionary trick that’s effortless for them; their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mexican free-tailed bats occupy a wide variety of habitats, ranging from desert communities through pinion-juniper woodland and ...

Most library-goers don’t get to enjoy a bit of nature while pursuing books; not so for Portugal’s Joanine Library. A colony of bats has called the library home since the 18th century. The fascinating ...

Frankly, it never would have occurred to me to test flying squirrels in a wind tunnel. I could just see it: little furry things buffeted by the artificial gale, their tiny eyes squeezed shut as they ...

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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has pitted several of the small flying creatures against each other for the competition. Entrants come with names including Hoary Potter and Honey Bunches of ...

Time for some mammalian bragging. It appears, following the discovery of a unique fossil in Inner Mongolia, China, that mammals might have taken to the air before birds. The fossil contains the ...

Many people begin to think about scary things as the Halloween season approaches and bats are often among the things that elicit fear and dread. Hollywood’s portrayal of bats are primarily negative ...