"Lots of things fly at night," says Harlan Gough, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nightfall can set the stage for an acrobatic high-stakes drama in the air — a swirl of ...

A trained hawk carried sensors through a swarm of hundreds of thousands of bats, recording data that helped researchers figure out how the flying mammals manage to pick out their own high-pitched ...

Most library-goers don’t get to enjoy a bit of nature while pursuing books; not so for Portugal’s Joanine Library. A colony of bats has called the library home since the 18th century. The fascinating ...

They fly like no other creature on Earth, survive for decades, and rarely get cancers. Learning their secrets could lead to new advances for human use. How do bats fly? Scientists at Brown University ...

Unique recordings show that bats can ramp up heart rate from 6 to 900 b.p.m within minutes. Researchers from Konstanz have measured the heart rate of bats over several days in the wild, including ...

Long distance migrations can take a lot out of energy, but one kind of bat has found some assistance. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 2, 2025.) Animals burn a lot of energy during ...