Massachusetts biologist Elise Stanmyer scrambled into the dark of an abandoned World War II military building. She whispered so she wouldn’t wake its winged residents. Her headlamp illuminated one ...

As Halloween approaches, it's the bats who should be scared. A relatively new disease has ravaged populations across the eastern half of North America, but Louisiana could hold the key to keeping ...

Researchers are studying how bats can carry deadly viruses, but not develop symptoms. They found that what happens during swarming behavior -- like social gatherings for bats -- may hold the key to ...