Rodents in northern Germany were spotted using two different hunting strategies at major urban bat hibernation sites ...

New videos reveal the surprising dynamics of bat-rat relationships—and suggest how human activity is fueling these ...

Rats have been observed snatching bats out of the air and eating them for the first time, raising concern about pandemic ...

To find out, Elena Tena, a biologist at Doñana Biological Station in Seville, Spain, and her colleagues attached ultra-light sensors to Nyctalus Iasiopterus, the largest bats in Europe. What they ...

After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Researchers have captured video of an unexpected predator at two bat hibernation sites in northern Germany: invasive brown rats that lie in wait to intercept the bats mid-flight.

Bats love to munch on insects like stink bugs and moths. Some farmers are now relying on the mammals for pest control — and ...

Bats are able to consume an extraordinary amount of sugar with no ill effects. Scientists are trying to learn more about how bats do it — and... Some bats eat a ton of sugar and have no health woes.

This Artibeus fruit bat feasts on sugary fruit every night but these winged mammals don’t suffer from diabetes or other metabolic problems as humans might if we were to gorge on sugar. Some bats like ...