Find out everything there is to know about bats and stay updated on the latest bat news with the comprehensive articles, interactive features and bat pictures at LiveScience.com. Learn more about these flying mammals as scientists continue to make amazing discoveries about bats.
Explore Bats
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- Surprising Sex Behavior Found in Bats
- Humans and primates aren't the only ones to experiment with oral sex. Bats do it too.
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- What Bats Do
- An explicit video of a male and female bat was produced by researchers who discovered the behavior. The female (front) is bending over to perform fellatio during copulati...
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- Birds Eat Bats
- The birds "specifically and systematically searched for and killed bats for food."
More Bats News and Information
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Bats Recognize Individual Voices
The discovery reveals how they hunt in the dark in groups.
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Bat Caves Closed to Fight Deadly Fungus Foe
The U.S. Forest Service has closed caves to control deadly fungus.
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Let's Fantasize: Could You Be Batman?
Batman possesses no supernatural powers. But wow, he must've trained hard!
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Bat Hung On For a Ride Into Space
A small bat that was spotted blasting off with the space shuttle Sunday and clinging to the back side of Discovery's external fuel tank apparently held on throughout the launch.
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Bat Death Mystery Solved
A mysterious fungus could be killing off bats.
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Video - Babbling Baby Bats

The babblings of baby S. bilineata bats. The infant jabber has been slowed down five times.
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Bats Shut Traps When Flying in Groups
When flying in packs, bats may keep silent to avoid jamming each other's echo signals.
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The Science Behind Breaking Baseball Bats
What's behind the recent spate of baseball bat breakage?
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Bats Eat Dirt to Stay Healthy
The odd habit of eating dirt may help bats fight off poisons, new research suggests.
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Bats Keep Coffee Plantation Bug-Free
Bats help with bug-control on organic coffee plantations, where pesticides are banned.
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Bats Screech Louder Than Rock Concerts
Bats that weigh no more than a handful of coins may roar 100 times louder than concerts.
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Air Bubbles Keep Bats Afloat
Bats shouldn’t be able to hover, but they can thanks to vortexes of air.
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Early Bats Flew Without Navigation
Scientists have discovered the skeleton of the most primitive bat known.
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Why is August So Batty?
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Do Bats Hibernate?
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Vampires a Mathematical Impossibility, Scientist Says
Some simple math that sucks the life out of the vampire myth, proving that these highly popular creatures can't exist.
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Flowers Evolve to Suit Birds and Bats
The varying shapes of flowers found in tropical forests may have to do with what has stuck its nose in there to pollinate in past evolutionary eras.
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Bizarre Gender-Bender Bugs Baffle Scientists
Scientists are looking into why some bugs are able to switch genders.
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Why Whales Developed Sonar
A new study suggests that whales use sonar similar to how bats do.
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Thriving on Cattle Blood, Vampire Bats Proliferate
Vampire bats in Costa Rica attack cattle for blood meals.
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Bats Burn More Sugar Faster Than Top Athletes
A new study finds that some bats burn sugar faster than top-class athletes.
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