From the bumblebee bat to the Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, here are eight of the world's smallest mammals who thrive in a world ...

The white-throated needletail was long considered the fastest flier, but the bird, or any other avian, is not. The ...

Here are eight tiny tyne creatures known as the smallest mammals of the earth. At only 1.3g, the extinct B. vanhouteni is believed to be the smallest mammal that ever lived. This tiny, shrew-like ...

Unfortunately, bats can carry and transmit rabies. They are not alone in this ability; rabies is a viral disease that affects warm-blooded mammals. Wild animals such as ferrets, raccoons, skunks, ...

And it's all connected. Bats make up 20% of all mammal species, so their roles in things like insect population management and seed dispersal can't be overstated. One estimate puts the value of ...