The fungal spores that cause the disease were likely accidentally transported from Europe, where native bats have a built-in ...

Each tiny addition revealed for the Terraria 1.4.5 update makes me even more excited for its impending arrival. Developer Re-Logic is continuing its trend of turning a proposed minor set of tweaks ...

Luckily, they're only imaginary … or are they? There are real vampires in the world of bats. Out of over 1,400 currently described bat species, three are known to feed on blood exclusively. Feeding on ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This undated image provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows the bat Hoary Potter. (Emma Busk/Bureau ...

ASHLAND, Ore. — For the third year in a row a bat from Oregon has won the 2024 Bat Beauty Contest. Halloween is the last day of International Bat Week, and the day Hoary Potter, a hoary bat ...

While people can unintentionally spread the fungus through spores on clothing or shoes, there have been no reported human illnesses related to the disease. Scientists regularly monitor bats when ...

Luckily, they’re only imaginary … or are they? There are real vampires in the world of bats. Out of over 1,400 currently described bat species, three are known to feed on blood exclusively. (Credit: ...

Wildlife officials confirmed the presence in California of a bat-killing fungus that causes white-nose syndrome. Millions of bats in North America have died from white-nose syndrome. California ...

The year before, the BLM crowned Barbara, a canyon bat from Lake County, the 2022 Bat Beauty Contest Winner. Barbara was photographed by Kate Yates, BLM wildlife biologist. Both of this year’s ...

Bats are well known for their ability to “see” with sound, using echolocation to find food and their roosts. Some bats may also conceive a map made of sounds from their home range. This map ...

More than 500 bat fossils have been discovered at the Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site over 42 years. A new study, published today in the journal Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments ...