A mother bat spotted feeding on flower nectar mid-flight had more than hunger on her mind. What she was simultaneously ...

Source: Melinda Caric, via Flickr. When biologist Eran Amichai got his first close-up view of a nectar-eating bat about ten years ago, he couldn’t help but notice its whiskers. “They were completely ...

For more than 400 years, an oil painting titled Air by Flemish master Jan Brueghel the Elder has been hiding a scientific ...

As the only mammals that have evolved the ability to fly, bats need a lot of calories to get off the ground. That means they have to eat well over their body weight each day, which adds up to a lot of ...

Nectar-feeding bats burn sugar faster than any other mammal on Earth – and three times faster than even top-class athletes – ecologists have discovered. The findings, published online in the British ...

The Hidden Role of Bats in Pollination That Keeps Many Plants and Crops Thriving: Bats are often misunderstood, yet they play ...

At newly colonized high-elevation sites in the central Italian Apennines, female Daubenton's bats take turns using the same hunting spots instead of feeding side by side. A study published by a ...

Photos from the October firework show in Capitola, California. Researcher Greg Cotten views the bats through a thermal scope (right). PHILADELPHIA, May 12, 2026 — Firework shows are controversial in ...

Nectar-feeding bats foraging in intensively managed banana plantations in Costa Rica have a less diverse set of gut microbes in comparison to bats feeding in their natural forest habitat or organic ...