The image of the bat with blood and feathers around its mouth perfectly illustrates the story now published in Science by an international research team. Carlos Ibáñez at the Doñana Biological Station ...

Voters in New Zealand's annual Bird of the Year poll have thrown their support behind a flying mammal, sparking controversy. Reading time 2 minutes New Zealanders are up in arms over a bat’s inclusion ...

The winner in question pekapeka-tou-roa, or long-tailed bat, a tiny bat native to the country. An organization named Forest & Bird tweeted the announcement, seemingly happy for the lesser-known ...

The pekapeka long-tailed bat, one of New Zealand's two native land mammals, entered the Bird of the Year contest for the first time in 2021 and won the top honor Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ...

In a curious twist, a bat has won New Zealand's Bird of the Year poll for 2021, raising eyebrows among those confused as to how a flying mammal could win a contest nominally devoted to celebrating the ...

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term census of bats designed to complement the bird census, which will celebrate its ...