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 pekapeka-tou-roa, New Zealand’s long-tailed bat, is special for many reasons. Bats are the island nation’s only native land mammal and the pekapeka-tou-roa is just one of two surviving species in ...

New Zealand has named the pekapeka-tou-roa, or long-tailed bat, as their Bird of the Year, despite the fact that bats are not birds. Some have criticized the call as a publicity stunt to recuperate ...

There are three species of bats that eat birds. We know that because we have found feathers and other avian remains in their feces. What we didn’t know was how exactly they hunt birds, which are quite ...

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At first glance, bats and birds appear remarkably similar. Both dominate the skies, possess wings, and have evolved the ability to fly with extraordinary agility. Yet beneath these superficial ...

After nearly 25 years of research, the mystery has finally been solved: Europe's largest bat doesn't just eat small birds—it hunts and captures them more than a kilometer above the ground. And it eats ...