This northern ghost bat (Diclidurus albus) was a special, rare find for the bat scientists gathered in Belize. “It was magical,” says evolutionary biologist Jasmin Camacho. It's late in the day on a ...

To the naked eye, softball bats may look like carbon copies of one another, just with different paint schemes. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. To the naked eye, softball bats may look ...

With Halloween upon us, spooky symbols of the holiday abound — including bats. It just so happens to also be International Bat Week, which celebrates the role of bats in nature. Coincidence? Perhaps ...

It's late in the day on a muggy spring afternoon in northern Belize. A couple dozen researchers enter the Lamanai Archaeological Reserve on foot. Their objective is to catch as many different kinds of ...

It's the 16th Bat-a-thon in Belize. Researchers think the flying mammals can teach us about warding off pathogens and managing diabetes. They trap... Bats have a lot of secrets. These bat-loving ...