The spectral bat has long occupied an awkward space in the scientific literature. Too rare to study systematically, too intimidating to approach casually, it existed for most of the twentieth century ...

Austin's Congress Avenue Bridge is home to the world's largest urban bat colony, where thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats ...

Once a year, a small forest in Zambia becomes the site of one of the world’s greatest natural spectacles. In November, straw-colored fruit bats migrate from across the African continent to a patch of ...

Every evening, millions of bats swarm out of a single cave in Texas, making it one of the most stunning natural phenomena to witness. The colony is so huge that it turns the sky black as they begin ...

The giant golden-crowned flying fox is the largest bat on Earth, capable of stretching its wings nearly as wide as a human is tall . Despite its terrifying appearance, this massive megabat survives ...