The hamamas tube-nosed fruit bat has been named after the Papuan word for 'happy' A bat from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea affectionately known as 'Yoda' has been given official recognition ...

Hello from in here to all you out there. Fruit Bats’ eighth LP opens with this invocation, this call from an isolated vocal room to your headphones somewhere out in the world. It’s a beckoning for ...

Ask a runner what they eat before a lengthy race and you’ll probably receive a variety of answers. Some will suggest a light ...

Most of the Old World fruit and flower eaters rely on vision and sense of smell to locate food rather than sonar. Unlike birds, bats are color blind and, therefore, not dependent on color for locating ...

The nocturnal exhibit at the Lake Superior Zoo is home to 12 Egyptian fruit bats and two African straw-colored fruit bats. Fruit bats eat fruit, as you probably can guess. This differs from ...

In a rare technique among mammals, the bats burn proteins from blood, rather than carbs or fat, to power their pursuits of ...

Fruit bats generate more diverse antibodies than mice, but overall have a weaker antibody response, according to a new study ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The garden is located near the zoo’s Bat Island Roost, which is home to an estimated 8% of the total global Livingstone’s fruit bat population. Ms Shaw added: "Loving bats as much as I do and ...

Internet-surfing Halloween decorators and wildlife collectors are fueling a growing trade in the preserved corpses of the ...

Scientists warn that a few misguided actions could have serious consequences for vulnerable bat species and even increase the risk of disease spillover. Some tropical fruit bats carry seeds inside ...

This story appears in the September 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Several years ago, on assignment for National Geographic, I ventured inside a cave in Uganda to photograph a roost ...