A Natal long-fingered bat (Miniopterus natalensis) parasitized by a male bat fly (Penicillidia fulvida) on the wall of a diatomite mine in Nakuru, Kenya. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

(A) A Carollia perspicillata bat with two Speiseria ambigua bat flies (arrowheads), captured at La Virgen de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica. (B) A bat of the Hipposideros caffer/ruber complex with a ...

the ability to bear their young alive and nurse them - bats are the only mammals to truly fly. The commonly named "flying!' squirrels and "flying" lemurs actually glide or parachute by means of a ...

Western cultures have generally regarded bats with superstition and fear; but in China, expressed in art and handicrafts, the bat has achieved respectability as a symbol of happiness and good luck.

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The long eared bat was found stressed, "sore" and missing fur after flying face first into sticky fly paper A tiny bat that got stuck on fly paper was rescued thanks to cotton buds and a tub of ...

Patrick Clancy’s wife killed their children during a postpartum mental-health crisis. Prosecutors describe a clear-headed scheme, but Clancy says, “I wasn’t married to a monster—I was ...

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In general, researchers don’t know how many bats fly over a single acre of farmland at night. Bats are extremely difficult to count during the day. They hide incredibly well in trees ...

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It's a hidden gem in the middle of the Valley that many living here have never heard about. Every night during the summer, ...

Bats fly at night for a pretty specific reason and that's predator avoidance. Their natural predators are mostly avian, which with the exception of owls which will predate bats, mostly come out during ...