Bats are flying mammals you might spot and — rarely — hear at nighttime. Here are three common bat sounds — and what they mean.

Note: This piece is better heard than read. To hear this review and the specific musical moments it references, listen at the audio link. Mark Korven specializes in making scary sounds. Lately, though ...

A researcher holds a pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) in El Cañon de Guadalupe in Baja California, Mexico. (Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez / UCL/University of Cambridge) If you’re looking for bats, ...

Join Chris Morgan to meet bats up close and in person as he tries to figure out the mystery behind these winged mammals. This Halloween season you may have already put up scary bat decorations around ...

Have you noticed that decorations and kids’ drawings at Halloween always seem to include bats? Swooping, scary bats. But are these night-loving critters — the only mammals that can truly fly — ...