Bats(Page 2)

Dynamic, acrobatic, charismatic. This is what you need to know about our favorite winged creature of the night.

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bat eating fruit
DIY

Turn your backyard into an awesome hangout for bats

By Helen Bradshaw

People standing on a bridge at sunset while bats fly over.
Environment

Climate change could introduce humans to thousands of new viruses

By Philip Kiefer

a close up profile of a vampire bat
Environment

How vampire bats evolved to get the most out of their bloody diets

By Kate Baggaley

a brown bat in flight
Environment

The secret to these bats’ hunting prowess is deep within their ears

By Kate Baggaley

vampire bats hanging inside a tree
Environment

Vampire bats rendezvous with their friends when dining out

By Elana Spivack

Both bats and humans test out talking as infants
Environment

Both bats and humans test out talking as infants

By Grace Wade

From Bat Ears to Sonar
Technology

From Bat Ears to Sonar

By Michael Stroh

A human hand holds a light brown vampire bat.
Environment

Vampire bats socially distance when they feel sick

By MarĂ­a Paula Rubiano A.

bats flying out of an abandoned gold mine
Health

Why do so many diseases come from bats?

By Kate Baggaley

Vampire bat
Environment

Vampire bats know the true meaning of friendship—sharing slurps of blood

By Sara Kiley Watson

bats in a cave
Environment

North American bats tend to roost among the fungus that kills them

By Kate Baggaley

Female vampire bats regurgitate bloody dinners for their starving girlfriends
Environment

Female vampire bats regurgitate bloody dinners for their starving girlfriends

By Grace Wade

This probiotic is going to bat against a horrifying fungal plague
Environment

This probiotic is going to bat against a horrifying fungal plague

By Ula Chrobak

Bat echolocation could help us understand ADHD
Environment

Bat echolocation could help us understand ADHD

By Kate Baggaley

Bats help grow our crops, but climate change has them on the move
Environment

Bats help grow our crops, but climate change has them on the move

By Marlene Cimons

Looking for bats in all the wrong places
Environment

Looking for bats in all the wrong places

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Bats, too, love the city life
Environment

Bats, too, love the city life

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Vampire bats could soon swarm to the United States
Environment

Vampire bats could soon swarm to the United States

By Kate Baggaley

Holy Harp Trap, Batman! The gear researchers use to study bats
Environment

Holy Harp Trap, Batman! The gear researchers use to study bats

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

One cave’s losing battle against a deadly bat fungus
Environment

One cave’s losing battle against a deadly bat fungus

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Bats’ echolocation has one major blind spot
Environment

Bats’ echolocation has one major blind spot

By Mary Beth Griggs

person holding a bat
Environment

Hurricane Harvey’s putting bats at risk—but help is on the way

By Ellen Airhart

Swedish church
Environment

Bats are disappearing from churches in Sweden, and that’s not a good thing

By Mary Beth Griggs

Egyptian Fruit Bats
Environment

Now we know what an angry, hungry bat sounds like

By Mary Beth Griggs

Will Growing Urban Noise Make Bats Worse At Hunting Down Food?
Environment

Will Growing Urban Noise Make Bats Worse At Hunting Down Food?

By Knvul Sheikh

How Bats Find Their Way Through The Clutter
Environment

How Bats Find Their Way Through The Clutter

By Rebecca Boyle

Why Are Bats’ Immune Systems Totally Different From Any Other Mammal’s?
Environment

Why Are Bats’ Immune Systems Totally Different From Any Other Mammal’s?

By Alexandra Ossola

Bat hanging
Environment

How A Tiny Bat Might Interrupt A Massive Oil Pipeline

By Rebecca Boyle

Long Tails May Save Luna Moths From Hungry Bats [Video]
Science

Long Tails May Save Luna Moths From Hungry Bats [Video]

By Sarah Fecht

Students Engineer Help For Bats Fighting White Nose Syndrome
Environment

Students Engineer Help For Bats Fighting White Nose Syndrome

By Rebecca Boyle

bat-skull
Environment

Humans, Not Climate Change, Caused Caribbean Bat Extinctions

By Rebecca Boyle

Bats Listen For Others’ Snacking Sounds to Help Them Find Food
Environment

Bats Listen For Others’ Snacking Sounds to Help Them Find Food

By Rebecca Boyle

Fruit Bats Have Sonar, Too
Environment

Fruit Bats Have Sonar, Too

By Rebecca Boyle

A Special Brain Compass Helps Bats, And Other Animals, Navigate Correctly
Environment

A Special Brain Compass Helps Bats, And Other Animals, Navigate Correctly

By Rebecca Boyle

Hibernation Doesn’t Affect Memory, At Least For Bats
Environment

Hibernation Doesn’t Affect Memory, At Least For Bats

By Rebecca Boyle

Vampire Bats Might Enjoy Brussels Sprouts
Environment

Vampire Bats Might Enjoy Brussels Sprouts

By Rebecca Boyle

The Brilliant Ten: Nicole Abaid Studies Bats To Make Drones Smarter
Environment

The Brilliant Ten: Nicole Abaid Studies Bats To Make Drones Smarter

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

How Did The Deadliest Strain Of Ebola Travel From Central To West Africa?
Health

How Did The Deadliest Strain Of Ebola Travel From Central To West Africa?

By Francie Diep

How One Little Yellow-Shouldered Bat Became Seven Different Species
Environment

How One Little Yellow-Shouldered Bat Became Seven Different Species

This Weird Hairy Thing Is A Freaking Bat Tongue
Environment

This Weird Hairy Thing Is A Freaking Bat Tongue

By Rebecca Boyle

Bats Build Mental Maps Of Their Surroundings And Remember Them For Future Flights
Environment

Bats Build Mental Maps Of Their Surroundings And Remember Them For Future Flights

By Rebecca Boyle

Flapping Robotic Wing Helps Biologists Uncover Secrets Of Bat Flight
Technology

Flapping Robotic Wing Helps Biologists Uncover Secrets Of Bat Flight

By Rebecca Boyle

How Bat Genomes Could Help Make You Healthy
Environment

How Bat Genomes Could Help Make You Healthy

By Rebecca Boyle

This Halloween, Celebrate The Beautiful Bat
Environment

This Halloween, Celebrate The Beautiful Bat

By Rebecca Boyle

Inside the World’s First Manmade Batcave Built For Wild Bats
Environment

Inside the World’s First Manmade Batcave Built For Wild Bats

By Rebecca Boyle

PopSci BatSci: Biologists Use Old Weather Data to Track Bat Signals
Environment

PopSci BatSci: Biologists Use Old Weather Data to Track Bat Signals

By Rebecca Boyle

Bats Have Unique Superfast Squeak Muscles to Make Superfast Echolocation Calls
Environment

Bats Have Unique Superfast Squeak Muscles to Make Superfast Echolocation Calls

By Rebecca Boyle

Bat Ears Could Inspire New Sensing Technology For Robots and Autonomous Vehicles
Technology

Bat Ears Could Inspire New Sensing Technology For Robots and Autonomous Vehicles

By Rebecca Boyle

Bat Research Inspires Disciplines Far Beyond Biology
Environment

Bat Research Inspires Disciplines Far Beyond Biology

By Rebecca Boyle

Increasing Wind Turbine Turn-On Speeds Could Help Reduce Bat Deaths, New Study Says
Environment

Increasing Wind Turbine Turn-On Speeds Could Help Reduce Bat Deaths, New Study Says

By Rebecca Boyle

Can Technology Help Biologists Save Bats from Extinction?
Environment

Can Technology Help Biologists Save Bats from Extinction?

By Rebecca Boyle

Bat Conference, Day 1: Students Rush To Front Lines In Battle to Save Bats
Environment

Bat Conference, Day 1: Students Rush To Front Lines In Battle to Save Bats

By Rebecca Boyle