But some bat species living in tropical forests can actually ... about the same as a teaspoon and a half of sugar. They have fluffy, white coats that resemble cotton balls and bright yellow ...

Until now, leucism had never been recorded in this species – or the entire Thyropteridae family to which the Spix’s disc-winged bat belongs, for that matter. Typically, these bats are dark ...

Unlike most other bats, the northern long-eared forages along wooded hillsides and ridgelines — not above valley-bottom streams and along the edges of riparian forests. This species is also much more ...

sensitive and vulnerable animals — and the Indiana bat is one of the rarest and most sensitive of its kind. The species' long-term decline began in the early 1800s as its wintering sites (hibernacula) ...