BOZEMAN — Thanks to humans, bat deaths are climbing worldwide because of collisions with wind turbines and the outbreak of white-nose syndrome. Those facts are found in a newly released study ...

A colossal bat that became an internet sensation due to its remarkable size "doesn't shy away from humans" and boasts a peculiar neck-biting mating ritual. The giant golden-crowned flying fox, ...

The animals' immune systems evolved to tamp down inflammation. This is an Inside Science story. Bats can harbor many viruses that are potentially deadly to humans, including those behind SARS, Ebola ...

Healthy little brown bats in Mt. Aeolus cave in Vermont in 2012 Ann Froschauer / USFWS via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 Bats get a bad rap. Often, the flying mammals are associated with vampiric monsters or ...

Some bat species can live cancer-free for up to 25 years, which is equivalent to 180 human years. How do they do it? Reading time 3 minutes When you think of longevity in animals, chances are that the ...