With more than 1,400 species worldwide, bats are linchpins of ecosystems, serving as pest controllers, pollinators, and ...

Bats are extremely misunderstood creatures and are often regarded as revolting or dirty. But in reality they are vital parts ...

Fruit bats navigate using a stable internal compass based on landmarks, offering new insight into how mammal brains map the ...

To find out, Elena Tena, a biologist at Doñana Biological Station in Seville, Spain, and her colleagues attached ultra-light ...

"This is the first documented sighting of a whale shark along Israel's Mediterranean coast, and only the third confirmed ...

A recent study shows that bats require diverse rock habitats for overwintering. New insights into inter-species differences ...

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

It’s also the first pterosaur ever found in Syria. Pterosaurs were large dinosaur relatives that were the first vertebrate species to evolve to have the ability of active flight, a trait we see now in ...

Nationwide’s head office in Swindon has achieved The Wildlife Trusts’ Biodiversity Benchmark, becoming the first bank or ...

These enormous moths are nature’s masterpieces. Learn which species are the largest and what makes each one so extraordinary.

Dispelling myths, bats are vital for ecological balance, controlling pests, pollinating plants, and spreading seeds. These ...

The smallest mammals on Earth prove that survival, agility, and a voracious appetite have nothing to do with scale.