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Bats

Brooklyn, New York

Kingsland Wildflowers

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix Bat Cave

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Echolocation and Its Discontents

In a world increasingly shaped by humans, having an extra sense can sometimes do more harm than good.

Cara Giaimo September 14, 2017

These Bats Don't Let Scorpion Stings Get in the Way of a Tasty Meal

Their immunity to venom could lead to new treatments for pain.

Kelsey Kennedy August 31, 2017

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Tel Aviv Central Bus Station

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

Why Northern Long-Eared Bats Love Nantucket

On tourist-friendly islands in Massachusetts, a story of survival.

Cara Giaimo August 16, 2017

A Colony of Bats Has Moved Into a Triceratops

It's put the ancient herbivore in a bit of an awkward position.

Natasha Frost August 14, 2017

Bats in the Belfry Mean Guano in the Church

English parishes seek a solution to a long-standing problem.

Erik Shilling August 7, 2017

Found: Snakes That Hunt in Packs

Cuban boas coordinate their strikes from cave ceilings.

Sarah Laskow May 24, 2017

The Small Mystery of Why Bats Keep Returning to This House

“I don't understand why of all of these beautiful homes, mine is the one the bats are attracted to."

Erik Shilling May 15, 2017

Found: A Dead Bat in a Pre-Packaged Salad

Even for gross things found in food, this one is weird.

Sarah Laskow April 10, 2017

Found: An Unusually Situated Bat Cave

The cave is large for Alberta's boreal forest.

Sarah Laskow March 20, 2017

Hairy-Legged Vampire Bats Were Caught Feeding on Human Blood for the First Time

The species used to rely exclusively on bird blood, but times are changing.

Cara Giaimo January 12, 2017

Iwaizumi, Japan

Ryūsendō Cave

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

Stoholm, Denmark

Mønsted Kalkgruber

Nearly 40 miles and 1,000 years of limestone mines under Denmark.

Watch This Beautiful, Chaotic Bat Ballet

Scientists have found that bats collide into each other more often than they thought.

Lauren Young August 5, 2016

Gainesville, Florida

University of Florida Bat Houses

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

Sandakan, Malaysia

Gomantong Cave

In this Borneo cave, it's not the thousands of bats you need to worry about, it's the blankets of roaches.