CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – On a research cruise focused on marine mammals and seabirds, Oregon State University scientists earned an unexpected bonus: The first-ever documented sighting of a hoary bat ...

The dream of flying has always fascinated humanity. In evolutionary history, the ability to fly has emerged independently only three times: in birds, pterosaurs, and, uniquely among mammals, in bats.

How can we understand the activity of wild bats? Mostly soundless, flying in the dark, bats feed at night and evade our senses. Now, an international research team has developed a new non-invasive ...

The way bats rapidly flap their wings in flight could inspire new designs of flying robots, according to a new study. Researchers studied how fruit bats use their wings to manipulate the air around ...

Bats are not only masters of aerodynamic flight — they’re skillful at multitasking while flying, too. By Rachel Nuwer Some humans like to think of themselves as good multitaskers, but bats may do it ...

THAT ENDS WITH QUITE THE SHOW. HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO THE BAT TALK TONIGHT. IT’S AN EXPERIENCE UNIQUE TO YOLO COUNTY. LET’S GET INTO LEARNING MORE ABOUT BATS. IT STARTS WITH A PRESENTATION ...

The ability to focus on where we will be in the near future, rather than where we are at present, may be a key characteristic of the mammalian brain's built-in navigation system, suggests a new study.

It’s the time of year when people start seeing more bats, when more bats get into their houses, when more bats are submitted for rabies testing. It’s a new generation of bats, testing their wings.

A one-of-a-kind fossil shows that so-called bat flies — tiny vampire insects that survive on the blood of bats — have been parasitizing the winged mammals and spreading bat malaria for at least 20 ...