You have probably seen bats flying at dusk. They suddenly appear on summer evenings, when other flying creatures have settled down for the night. However, they are not a common sight in Norway, ...

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences discusses hibernation as the secret behind the exceptional 19-year life-span of the big brown bat, the most ...

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 ...

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Collecting a vampire bat’s feces is not an easy task. You must go into the jungle, to the cave where the bats live, then lurk at the entrance at dawn or dusk. As the bats come winging in or out, you ...

They fly like no other creature on Earth, survive for decades, and rarely get cancers. Learning their secrets could lead to new advances for human use. How do bats fly? Scientists at Brown University ...

There aren't a lot of bats in Norway, and how they survived the long, cold, dark winters has been poorly understood – until now. You have probably seen them flying at dusk. They suddenly appear on ...