Discovery – May 2023

As the only flying mammals on Earth, bats are quite unique. Depending on the species (there are about 1,300), many bats look like rodents with wings—really cool wings. A bat’s arms and long, bony fingers are covered with a thin membrane made of muscles. Whereas the wings of birds are quite stiff, bats can easily and quickly change the shape of their wings simply by moving their flexible fingers.