Most library-goers don’t get to enjoy a bit of nature while pursuing books; not so for Portugal’s Joanine Library. A colony ...

A high-sugar diet is bad news for humans, leading to diabetes, obesity and even cancer. Yet fruit bats survive and even thrive by eating up to twice their body weight in sugary fruit every day.

Some tropical bats eat fruit and are critical for dropping seeds to restore cleared or damaged forests. Some bats are also pollinators, which is a big positive.

The nocturnal exhibit at the Lake Superior Zoo is home to 12 Egyptian fruit bats and two African straw-colored fruit bats. Fruit bats eat fruit, as you probably can guess.

Like bees, bats around the world — especially the nectar-drinking, fruit-eating bats — are great pollinators.

Updated August 17, 2024 at 07:11 AM ET Some bats like candy. Well, not the kind of candy you buy in a sweets shop. Rather, they like fruit, which is rich in sugar. “We call it nature’s candy ...

In some countries, bats eat fruit, and these bats have large eyes and excellent vision; however, none of these types live in our area.

This Artibeus fruit bat feasts on sugary fruit every night but these winged mammals don’t suffer from diabetes or other metabolic problems as humans might if we were to gorge on sugar. Some bats ...

This Artibeus fruit bat feasts on sugary fruit every night but these winged mammals don’t suffer from diabetes or other metabolic problems as humans might if we were to gorge on sugar. Some bats ...