Bats and birds, the only two vertebrate fliers on Earth, use their wings very differently, according to scientists who observed nectar-feeding bats flying through a wind tunnel. In the journal ...

Bats and birds have a complex relationship with us human beings. There are many ways that these animals benefit us. However, they have been implicated in the spread of several dangerous diseases ...

Not all bird species are the same, and neither are all bat species. Moreover, those bats that occupy the same ecological niches as certain birds actually share certain physical characteristics ...

Their motions might seem erratic and graceless, but bats are more efficient flyers than birds, thanks to an airlift mechanism that is unique among aerial creatures, new wind-tunnel tests show ...

Their motions might seem erratic and graceless, but bats are more efficient fliers than birds, thanks to an airlift mechanism that is unique among aerial creatures, new wind-tunnel tests show.

The most common bat and bird species to collide with turbines are migratory – meaning they travel long distances seasonally – and fatalities peak during seasonal migration, according to the study.

Comparing bats and birds allows for the testing of this idea because they do not share a common flying ancestor and therefore constitute independent replicates to study the evolution of flight.

Bats tend to be killed by wind turbines at significantly higher rates than birds. The higher mortality for bats is because (a) bats appear to be attracted to rotating wind turbines, rather than simply ...

A new study comparing the guts of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians shows that birds and bats have unusual microbiomes -- probably because they both can fly. Skip to main content.

Hundreds of thousands of birds and nearly 1 million bats die every year in collisions with wind turbines throughout the U.S. and Canada. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.

The bat, a mammal, is getting its due — at the expense of birds. Their new title comes amid public scrutiny due to its potential link to the initial coronavirus outbreak in 2020.