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

It appears that the bats change the way they echolocate in order to gain detailed information about their neighbors nearby.

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 ...

Rocky Mountain National Park is asking visitors to take precautions to protect the bat population after an invasive fungus was found in the park.

By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 In the stillness of a winter cave, the remains of a lost colony scatter the floor-tiny bones and fragile wings ...

A team of explorers rappelled into the shaft-like cave and found a “pinkish” animal living in a cold river of the “deep dark zone.” Take a look.

Laboratory tests conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have confirmed that the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans ...

White-nose syndrome, a disease that is fatal to bats and which has been moving across the country in recent years, has been ...

At the cave’s exit, an individual bat hears an ... during collective movement—a challenge that isn’t unique to bats. Many species, from birds to fish to humans in crowds, need to balance ...