The Malayan flying fox has many names, including the greater flying fox, kalong, and large fruit bat. Its most accurate name ...

Each spring, millions of Mexican free-tailed bats fly from under the Congress Avenue Bridge, but they weren't always welcome ...

The new leech species has three jaws, five pairs of eyes aligned in a U-shape, a disc-shaped “caudal sucker” for attachment, ...

Even so, seeing thousands of bats erupting out of a cave and flapping into the night, sometimes in densities so high that they appear liquid, astounds the scientists every time. But until recently, ...

Boleng: In a significant step forward for eco-tourism, panchayat and rural development minister Ojing Tasing inaugurated ‘The Ponrung', an ancient bat roost cave near Lokpeng village in Siang ...

Biologists are studying a rare species of bat found at Mammoth Cave National Park that could hold the secret to warding off White Nose Syndrome, a fungal disease that has decimated bat species ...

The three divers from Florida were exploring the cave as a group, officials said. Their identities have not been released. A medical examiner is working to determine the deceased diver’s cause ...

Batman is an amazing hero, but his origin is pretty dark and could have very easily made him into a villain, as is the case in so many stories.

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Texas A&M baseball’s bats came to life early and often as they outlasted A&M-Corpus Christi in a run-rule-shortened slugfest, 17-7. There were 12 combined runs in the first two innings ...

Virginia's bats woke up from their hibernation just in the nick of time. Freshman Chone James got the rally started with a leadoff single and Walker Buchanan and Luke Hanson followed that up with ...

Insect-eating bat of the species Molossus molossus in which were found a novel coronavirus in South America, closely related to MERS-CoV, and a human-associated gemykibivirus. Credit: Larissa Leão ...