Bats are born knowing the speed of sound
Read now →Researchers raised bat pups in helium-enriched air to test their hypothesis about what, for bats, is innate and learned
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White-nose syndrome has decimated three species of North American bats
Read now →Northern long-eared bat, little brown bat, and tricolored bat populations have declined by 90 percent
Why don't hibernating bears get osteoporosis?
Read now →Scientists look to bears' genes for answers
Silver-haired bats wake up, re-heat their bodies, and flee when attacked
Read now →They can warm themselves up faster than any other mammal, increasing the odds that they escape incoming predators