A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.

The virus -- a close relative to rabies, which does not exist in Australia -- is transmitted when bat saliva enters the human ...

"Blind as a bat" is a common saying yet one that is false. All bats can see, even though vision may be less important than other senses. To locate and catch prey, insectivorous bats use an acoustic ...

Insectivorous bats, whose diets rely heavily on insects, prefer to stay by long water sources that make skimming the water to catch prey easy, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

Our insectivorous bats use one of the most efficient systems of echolocation found in the animal world to track down the tiniest of insects, including mosquitoes, beetles and more.

For example, if we see that insectivorous bats are being impacted the most by changes in climate like we see for the birds, that adds support to the idea that their prey, the insects, are changing.” ...