With over 1,400 known species, bats make up about one-fifth of all mammal species on Earth. Some are tiny, like the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny, while others, like the ...

In Myanmar, a scientist with Smithsonian’s Global Health Program examines the world’s smallest mammal, a bumblebee bat. Roshan Patel / National Zoo Earlier this year, when leading infectious ...

Bats range in size. The smallest bat, called the bumblebee bat, weighs around 0.07 ounces, while other bat species, like the large flying foxes, weigh 1.3 to 2.4 pounds. Flying foxes have a ...

is the Kitti’s hog-nosed bat — also known as the Bumblebee Bat — which weighs less than a penny. Flying foxes are the largest of the bat species with a wingspan as wide as six feet.

They are found on every continent and in every ocean, and range in size from tiny bumblebee bats to enormous blue whales. One reason for their success is the way they move. Mammals as a group use ...