A Field Guide to Bats

At last, fossil and genetic findings elucidate the evolution of bats--and settle a long-standing debate over the origins of flight and echolocation

Which bat would be voted "most likely to eat insects" in their high school yearbook?

First a U.S. girl--and now two South American kids survive onset of the deadly virus

Researchers look beyond white-nose syndrome as the prime suspect in the mysterious deaths of bats in the U.S. Northeast

It is the pressure change--not the blades--that wipe out thousands of bats annually at wind farms

Q&A with movement researcher E. Paul Zehr

Oldest known bat lacked hallmarks of echolocation

Saturday, September 8th, is World Rabies Day, to raise people's awareness about the disease--rabies still kills 55,000 people every year. Steve Mirsky reports. For more info, go to www.worldrabiesday.org

Nectar-feeding bats, which have to hover, go through sugar three times faster than even world-class athletes. Steve Mirsky reports.

Fog and lasers reveal the wind beneath a bat's wings

Accidentally inebriated Egyptian fruit bats prefer the type of sugar, fructose, that helps them detox faster.

Natural reservoir for emerging viruses may be bats

The lethal "flying fox" virus may spread between people