Sick bats, like sick humans, prefer to keep a distance from others as a means of recovery and possibly also as a way of protecting others.

An integral part of the work of animal researchers involves tricking their subjects. This requires a lot of creativity and imagination.

Bats hunt in groups, but when one bat hears a member of another group send out an alert about good patch of food, that bat will make sure his friends know of it too.

The term "blind as a bat" is not only wrong, it is a complete contradiction, since few creatures see as well as bats. Their use of both sound and vision to locate objects gives them a wide advantage over other nocturnal flying predators.

Israeli researchers are developing one of the most advanced labs in the world for the study of bats in order to learn about the mammal's amazing sonar abilities. The researchers plan on using surveillance equipment and fMRI to scan bats' brain activity.