NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — This week, a creature that is often feared is instead being celebrated internationally as various agencies and organizations work to show the important role of bats in nature ...

A painted woolly bat, or Kerivoula picta, roosts under a leaf in Indonesia. Unlike its cave-dwelling cousins, this species does not live in groups, but as individuals or pairs in fields and forests in ...

Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity and conservation.She had suspected the small creature, caught during an ...

Portal residents have a new nocturnal neighbor, an elusive endangered bat species that was discovered and confirmed making visits to hummingbird feeders in the area. Researchers at Bat Conservation ...

Six new species of bat have been discovered in time for Halloween. The tube-nosed bats were identified in the protected forests of the Philippines by an international research team. They say the ...

A fiery orange bat, its wings folded and tiny teeth forever bared on its fuzzy face, is mounted inside a 6-inch, black coffin. Its retail price: $59. Or, for $140, you can get one framed with its ...