Canadian research scientist Cori Lausen is studying probiotics as a treatment for white-nose syndrome, which is caused by a ...

In the face of devastating population loss throughout the region, every bat that the Pennsylvania Bat Conservation and Rehabilitation is able to save is making a difference.

For Whitney, studying the cryptic creatures has become somewhat of a calling. It resonates with a concept from a favorite ...

Healthy little brown bats in Mt. Aeolus cave in Vermont in 2012 Ann Froschauer / USFWS via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 Bats get a bad rap. Often, the flying mammals are associated with vampiric monsters or ...

Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats. Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which ...

A deadly fungus that has devastated bat populations across North America has now been detected in multiple counties throughout California, raising alarms among wildlife officials and conservationists.

Bats have a bad reputation, but they deserve better. The flying mammals are nature’s pest control, swooping over America’s farmland every night to feast on swarms of insects that would otherwise chew ...

"We could study a virus like Ebola just fine in a human cell, and we can watch how it interacts with that immune system," Letko said, "but that won't help us identify the reason why bats tolerate ...