Most effective within 12 feet, they reflect back pictures that convey precise information about a target’s size, shape, position, texture, angle, depth, and other qualities only a nectar bat can ...

One of the most notable tent-making bats, the Honduran white bat, a species native to Central America, only uses the broad leaves of heliconias to make tents that are shaped like upside-down boats ...

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 ...

The toothy, hungry bats have long, nearly transparent bunny-like ears and wrinkled, wolfy faces with a lance-shaped nose leaf—an appendage that bats use for echolocation—on top of their snouts.

Bats also appear in Chinese artwork, such as the jade, bat-shaped brush holder on display at the exhibition. This positive view of bats also has scientific backing. For example, many plants depend ...