Before bats could fly, they used hand-like limbs. Scientists now reveal how evolution transformed those hands into wings.

The dream of flying has always fascinated humanity. In evolutionary history, the ability to fly has emerged independently ...

Bat wings sport a unique touch-receptor design, researchers reported Thursday in the journal Cell Reports.Tiny sensory cells associated with fine hairs on the bat wing likely enable the animals to ...

They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or hover to drink nectar from tropical flowers, all of which require distinctive wing designs.

A new study of bat embryos in BMC Biology reveals a crucial step in how these once land-bound animals evolved to fly—and it may involve a gene known for detrimental mutations in humans.

Neurons in the bat wings the researchers studied didn't just go to the top of the spinal cord, where they connect. Instead, they also carried signals down to the lower part of the spinal cord.

DNA metabarcoding analyses reveal fine-scale microbiome structures on Western Canadian bat wings. Microbiology Spectrum, 2024; DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00376-24; Cite This Page: MLA; APA; ...

Bat wings have intrigued scientists for centuries. And now, engineers have created "Bat Bot," a small aircraft that mimics the flight patterns of the small, rodent-like flyers. Bat Bot exposes the ...

Bacteria and fungi from the wings of bats could play a significant role in saving them from white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease affecting the skin of wings and muzzle, which has nearly ...