Around the time that bat ancestors evolved powered flight, their genomes picked up immune adaptations that can quell viral ...

When bats aren't flying, they often dangle from cave ceilings or the undersides of bridges. But why do bats sleep upside down ...

The commonly named "flying!' squirrels and "flying" lemurs actually glide or parachute by means of a furred membrane, but only bats have the structural adaptations that allow for full powered flight.

Take “bat tunnels”, the structures designed to help bats safely navigate developments which recently drew the chancellor’s ...

A new study study sheds light on a little-known phenomenon: the long-distance migration treks of nocturnal bats.

An curved arrow pointing right. Researchers from the University of Southampton have developed a "bat drone." It is designed to mimic the properties of bat wings. The wings are made of a paper-thin ...

Dampening the immune response to stay up in the air may have helped bats become tolerant to viral infections. Ashley started at The Scientist in 2018. Before joining the staff, she worked as a ...

If you are lucky, or know where to look, you might have seen at least one of the UK’s 18 species of bats shooting through the sky between dusk and dawn. They feed largely on the wing, specially ...

French entomologist Antoine Magnan wrote that bumblebees "should not be able to fly," as their small wings should ...