As backyard barbecues continue into the fall, mosquitoes appear to be mysteriously absent, raising suspicion that local bats have clocked in for their night shifts and they're working overtime. Bats ...

A frog-eating bat approaches a túngara frog, one of its preferred foods. Image credit: Grant Maslowski It is late at night, and we are silently watching a bat in a roost through a night-vision camera.

Bats usually get cast as spooky night dwellers who dart through the dark or hang upside down in attics. But there’s a lot more to them than Halloween stories suggest. Here’s a look at the surprising ...