Although bats are wonderful creatures in their own right, they often stir up lots of not-so-wonderful feelings in people. That’s because, of course, they’re associated with razor-sharp teeth, diseases ...

Yes, it's flapping its wings! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Hubble Space Telescope spotted a bat signal out in the cosmos, ...

A few years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a striking sight in the Serpens Nebula – a huge shadow in the shape of a bat. Now, follow-up observations have shown that it appears to be ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Powered flight in nature has only evolved through four stages. The earliest stage, the pterosaur, was a flying reptile that is now extinct. Today, insects, birds and bats represent the remaining ...

Wing-beat-frequency data for a variety of flying animals versus the square-root of the animal mass divided by the wing/fin area. A single universal equation can closely approximate the frequency of ...