Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I tell people my favorite animals are bats, they are often surprised. And it’s true, bats aren’t as immediately winning as ...

As spring turns to summer, many of us enjoy the longer days by lingering on our back porches or sitting by the pool. It's the latter on which researchers are focusing. They would like the public's ...

More than 500 bat fossils have been discovered at the Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site over 42 years. A new study, published today in the journal Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, ...

As spring turns to summer, many of us enjoy the longer days by lingering on our back porches or sitting by the pool. It's the latter on which researchers at the Center for Bat Research, Outreach, and ...

Fun little fact I learned today. Bats can swim. Behold the majesticness. Hat tip to Lauren Coons on Twitter. And there is of course the Great Fishing Bat. Amazing video here of its impressive catching ...

Feb. 3 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in Australia responded to a hotel where a bat apparently attempted to take a drink from the swimming pool and became trapped in the water. Kate CJ Murphy, president of ...

Health officials said a person may have been exposed to a bat that tested positive for rabies at a South Carolina swimming pool. Officials said the person thought the bat was a leaf in the pool and ...

A very special kind of crocodile calls the Abanda caves in Gabon, Africa, home. The creatures are African dwarf crocodiles, but they might not be for very much longer, because their isolated habitat ...

When I tell people my favorite animals are bats, they are often surprised. And it's true, bats aren't as immediately winning as say, dolphins or Golden Retrievers. They can be considered pest in your ...