The first discovery of a bat-like winged dinosaur was in 2015, but scientists had dismissed the initial finding because it ...

It is hard to see how a bat wing could once have looked anything like a mouse limb, but a new study has shown that the expression of one gene — paired box homeodomain transcription factor ...

Researchers may have just found the answer: Unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as birds.

Winter in the South can bring about a sharp change in conditions that impact forests and their many inhabitants. However, new research finds that, despite these seasonal shifts, forest management ...

The commonly named "flying!' squirrels and "flying" lemurs actually glide or parachute by means of a furred membrane, but only bats have the structural adaptations that allow for full powered flight.