And still more eat insects — a common brown bat can consume a thousand mosquitos an hour! You definitely want those around ...

A study from Tel Aviv University, the first of its kind on mammals, has found that bats living in urban environments give ...

If Ebola virus was in his body, where did it come from? Under SuspicionStraw-colored fruit bats swarm in an Ivory Coast village. Fruit bats, some of which have been suspected of carrying Ebola ...

Birds are not the only creatures that can fly. Here is a list of animals that have the ability to soar in the skies ...

African straw-colored fruit bats are among those researchers have determined are not likely hosts of ebolaviruses. (Ondrej Prosicky, Getty) Bats are widely recognized as the primary hosts of ...

The hamamas tube-nosed fruit bat has been named after the Papuan word for 'happy' A bat from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea affectionately known as 'Yoda' has been given official recognition ...

The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976.