A new international study led by researchers from Aarhus University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) ...

According to researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, small flying ...

Bats are known to chew and spit out leaves, like humans chew and spit out tobacco or coca, but this is the first continuous recording of a bat eating entire leaves Elisabeth King Portrait of a Seba’s ...

Bats sometimes get a bad rap, but these fascinating facts show how they pollinate plants, control insects and thrive in the ...

Fruit-eating bats play an important role in maintaining forest health by being seed dispersers. For decades, researchers have explored ways to harness this capacity as a reforestation tool. One method ...

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term census of bats designed to complement the bird census, which will celebrate its ...

Panama's tiny fringe-lipped bats, weighing just 30 grams, hunt with the patience and precision of lions, defying traditional ...

Bats usually get cast as spooky night dwellers who dart through the dark or hang upside down in attics. But there’s a lot ...

Corey Tarwater (third, from left), an associate professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Zoology and Physiology, shows members of the bat research team from the Smithsonian Tropical ...

For all their benefits, the world's only flying mammals continue to be the subject of several myths. One misconception is ...

Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity ...

They are home to millions of indigenous people whose lives, livelihoods and cultures are directly linked to forest health. And yet approximately 67,000 square kilometres of tropical forests ...