The small-footed bat has small hind feet, each about 6 mm (0.2 in) in length, but its color is even more distinctive. This golden or yellowish brown bat has black ears and a small black facial mask.

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The adult male bat was rescued in near the coast during last month's storm on Nov. 14 and taken to the Humane Society for ...

The northern long-eared bat, once common across Northland forests but which has been dying off rapidly due to an invasive fungus, was officially declared an endangered species Tuesday by the U.S. Fish ...

As the only mammals that can fly, bats are the oddballs of the mammalian world. But serotine bats stand out for another, glaringly obvious reason — when erect, a male’s penis can swell to almost a ...

CHESTER Even though the tricolored bat has been added to the state s endangered species list, the state s bat population still struggles as white-nose syndrome continues to takes a toll on Vermont s ...

Bats such as the common noctule consume pest insects over intensively managed arable land and thereby support sustainable ...

This study is led by Prof. Huabin Zhao (College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University). The origins of powered flight and laryngeal echolocation in bats are widely cited as evidence that ancestral bats ...

For some reason October is our national Bat Appreciation Month, with Bat Appreciation Week at the end of the month including Halloween. Unfortunately, linking bats to Halloween reinforces the ...

New research could help reduce bat and bird fatalities at wind farms in the United States. According to the analysis published in PLOS One earlier this year, bat fatalities at wind farms peak in ...