Did you know that Texas has the highest number of bat species in the United States and has been designated as the most "bat friendly" state? Of the 43 bat species currently known to occur in the U. S.

Scientists determine the color of ancient bats based on the shape of the melanin preserved in their fossils. If these bats had their own coloring book, you'd only get to use one or two crayons. Danny ...

Japanese baseball equipment maker SSK reveals a color-changing bat series that uses new paint to change bat color based on sunlight. Over a year in research and development, the UV Series ...

With a large net and a stroke of luck, scientists have discovered a new species of bat that has bright orange fur and black wings. The researchers describe the species, which they name Myotis ...

Could bats' cave-dwelling nocturnal habits over eons enhanced their echolocation acoustic abilities, but also spurred their loss of vision? A new study led by Bruno Simões, Emma Teeling and colleagues ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossils can do a good job of revealing key aspects of an extinct creature: its bones, teeth, claws, even soft tissue like fur, skin, feathers, organs and sometimes remains of ...

Fifty million years ago, some bats died. Today, geologists figured out what color they were. In a mind-blowing move, scientists from Virginia Tech and the University of Bristol announced Sept. 28 they ...

Could bats' cave-dwelling nocturnal habits over eons enhanced their echolocation acoustic abilities, but also spurred their loss of vision? A new study has examined this question in the evolution of ...