When a resident of Wellington, Colorado, reported a stranded bat in their backyard, they did not realize just how unusual it ...

Researchers reviewing the diversity of bats in the Western Himalayas in India recently confirmed a new-to-science species from Uttarakhand state. Named the Himalayan long-tailed myotis (Myotis ...

Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity and conservation.She had suspected the small creature, caught during an ...

A team of National Geographic Explorers is studying how these bats developed their architectural expertise—while cataloguing ...