We found bats in colder regions predictably gain more weight before winter. But in warmer regions with highly seasonal rainfall, such as tropical savannas or monsoonal forests, bats also fatten up. In ...

Tropical bats learn to “eavesdrop” on their prey over time to help distinguish between tasty and toxic frogs, a new analysis suggests. The study looked at fringe-lipped bats that range from ...

Portrait of a Seba’s short-tailed bat, Carollia perspicillata. Mariana Muñoz-Romo Tropical bats eat everything from fruit to frogs… and even each other, but when researchers at the ...

For decades, Corey Tarwater and her research team have used mist nets by day to capture various species of tropical birds in Panama to study the effects of global change on bird populations. Now, the ...

Three Smithsonian scientists will visit the New Orleans Public Library via Zoom to discuss “Bat Island: A Rare Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats.” For decades, scientists at the ...

Attracting seed-dispersing bats to degraded landscapes and aiding in tropical forest restoration efforts has long been an alluring prospect for conservationists: potentially a cheaper, less labor ...

These bats learn to eavesdrop—in order to survive The love songs of these Panamanian frogs is a dinner bell for fringe-lipped bats. But how do they learn which frogs and toads are safe to eat ...

In particular, bats in tropical regions like Southeast Asia and Western Africa have been extensively explored, but the bats in temperate regions, like New Zealand, have been less well studied.

People are destroying bat habitats, bringing us closer to viruses they carry. Reuters pinpoints areas worldwide where a bat-borne disease could infect humanity.

Although federal wildlife officials protected areas where bonneted bats currently live, conservation advocates say protections need to go further to include locations the bats will eventually ...

It's the 16th Bat-a-thon in Belize. Researchers think the flying mammals can teach us about warding off pathogens and managing diabetes. They trap bats in nets, draw blood ... but no bats are harmed.