Scientists observing the short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx in southern China’s Guangdong Province report that the females prolong sex by licking the shaft of their mate’s penis during ...

Eating, mating, sleeping, fighting: Bats have plenty to argue about, and scientists have discovered the nocturnal creatures have a "language" they use to talk to each other, according to a new study.

Little is known about the mating habits of the serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus), but the males of the species boast unusually large penises—much larger than the vaginas of the females. The purpose ...

This article was originally featured on KHN. More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting ...

"For the first time, we were able to document in detail that the Greater Mouse-eared bat exhibits a lek mating system—a mating system previously confirmed in only a few bat species," explains Printz. ...