For 16 years, birds across New Zealand have battled each other in a gripping competition to be named Bird of the Year. But this year's front-runner is the native bat — a fact that has ruffled ...

The bat is getting its due — at the expense of birds. New Zealand has named the bat their “Bird of the Year,” despite the now-controversial fact that bats are not of the avian family.

The long-tailed bat’s bird of the year win comes from over 7,000 votes (out of over 58,000) from many countries. That’s a lot of support for a tiny flying furry animal.

The discovery of a greater mouse-eared bat in southern England is the latest in a series of environmental good news stories – ...

One is that bats and birds have strangely similar gut microbiomes, which is a surprise. And the other is that neither rely on their gut microbiome anywhere near as much as non-avian animals do.

A how-to guru advises readers on the best way to remove bats (or even birds) from a chimney, as well as which kind of light bulb can ward off pesky insects and such from your porch. Q A new ...

From left: Barry Mansell; Markus Varesvuo Birds and bats evolved self-powered flight independently, says Anders Hedenström, a biomechanicist at Lund University in Sweden.

Birds are more aerodynamically efficient when flapping through the air than similar-sized bats, new research suggests. This could be why birds migrate farther than bats.