You might shudder at the sight of bats in your yard, but the reason they've arrived -- and why you'd want to attract them -- isn't quite what you'd think.

Fruit bats are known to dip down into water for a drink and sometimes misjudge the depth, leading to accidental falls. This bat may have mistaken the pool for a freshwater source and gotten more ...

Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that are known natural reservoirs of infectious diseases.

Livingstone's fruit bat pups are born a couple of weeks after 10 adult bats died from an infection.

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The Zoo looks after two endangered species of fruit bat, with eight Livingstone's and two Rodrigues dying from the infection.

A new vaccine is being developed to immunise bats after 10 of the creatures died from an infection at Jersey Zoo. The bat enclosure has been closed for a week and the Livingstone fruit bats moved ...

The Livingstone fruit bats are native to the lush tropical forests of Anjouan and Moheli islands in the Comoros archipelago. These fascinating creatures are nocturnal and love humid environments.

Fruit bats generate more diverse antibodies than mice, but overall have a weaker antibody response, according to a new study.

Surprisingly, bats fed a fruit-only diet had a stronger antibody response—demonstrated by higher antibody levels and better binding antibodies—compared to those fed a protein-supplemented diet.

How do bats fly? Scientists at Brown University in Rhode Island are releasing the winged mammals, such as this Egyptian fruit bat, into a laboratory wind tunnel to study flight mechanics.