From the bumblebee bat to the Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, here are eight of the world's smallest mammals who thrive in a world built for giants.

Bat body size and some aspects of the wing shape are considered efficient indicators of bat flight performance. Here, we evaluated how body size and wing shape can be predictors of initial flight ...

A decade-long study, led by Bhargavi Srinivasalu of the Department of Zoology, Osmania University, identified a new species of leaf-nosed bat. This discovery, along with the taxonomic revision of ...

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In the tranquil depths of America’s caves and forests, a silent menace lurks, threatening one of nature’s most enigmatic creatures—the bat. White-Nose Syndrome (WNS) has emerged as a grave concern for ...

The group is asking locals for help in preventing a deadly disease that has affected bats all over the country. White nose syndrome (WNS) has been ravaging multiple species of bats all across ...

As Donald Trump fires the starting gun on peace negotiations in Ukraine, US correspondents Mark Stone and James Matthews look at his hot-and-cold relationship with Russia's President Putin and ask ...

SIERRA VISTA — An Arizona bat has tested positive for Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the fungus that causes the deadly white-nose syndrome (WNS) disease in bats. The bat, a cave myotis (Myotis ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Scientists long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof was elusive.

Leaf-nosed bats that have a little projection on or around the nose that is thought to assist with echolocation. This is a tropical species and some in southern Arizona make large migrations into ...

Arizona is home to 28 bat species, from the small, agile Myotis to the newest discovery, Mexican long nosed bats. And the "Phoenix Bat Cave," a storm tunnel along the Arizona Canal near 37th Place, ...