If you liked this story, share it with other people. Often small and flying at night, the more than 160 bat species found in the Amazon can be challenging to identify in the field by researchers and ...

When you're studying wildlife, it's important to have a way of differentiating between individual animals. Marking them with things like ear tags is one approach, although applying those tags can be ...

Scientists are in a race to learn as much as they can about bats in Alaska. And that race has led to the discovery of two new species previously unknown in the state. The Hoary bat and the Yuma bat ...

Just as differences in song can be used to distinguish one bird species from another, the pips and squeaks bats use to find prey can be used to identify different species of bat. Now, for the first ...

Networks of collagen fibers in a bat’s wings could be as reliable and unique as a human fingerprint, offering scientists a non-invasive way of identifying and tracking bats. U.S. Forest Service Bat ...

Just as differences in song can be used to distinguish one bird species from another, the pips and squeaks bats use to find prey can be used to identify different species of bat. Now, for the first ...