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• More sky puppies! Scientists discover two new species of dog-faced bat

  15 January 2018

  

   

• DNA on 100-year-old bat from France may help fight deadly fungus in North America

  24 October 2017

  

   

• Next Engineering Revolution Is Hiding in Museum Collections

  10 June 2016

  

   

• To hunt, bats listen for signals in prey mating calls

  2 June 2015

  

   

• What is that?! Five Amazing Microscopic Images

  22 October 2014

  

   

• Bolivia’s golden bat: one of six new species found by the Smithsonian’s bat detective

  7 August 2014

  

   

• Love tequila? A toast to pollinating bats!

  18 June 2014

  

   

• Penis spines help scientists identify bat species

  3 April 2014

  

   

• Bats use water ripples to hunt frogs

  5 February 2014

  

   

• Common tropical bat uses echolocation with precision previously considered impossible, new experiments reveal

  25 January 2013

  

   

• With picky eating, bats avoid poison prey

  18 June 2012

  

   

• From chewing tough insects to soft fruit, bat teeth are highly specialized

  22 February 2011

  

   

• Only large, fast-flying bats can handle life in the big city; small bats can’t adapt

  3 February 2011

  

   

• Smithsonian bat expert Kristofer Helgen answers common questions about bats

  29 October 2010

  

   

• A Halloween roundup featuring recent articles on spiders, bats and rats

  26 October 2010

  

   

• Scientists find ultrasonic calls of bats also serve a social function

  17 June 2010