The book gives the characteristics and habitats of bats and other nocturnal animals.

This book explains what a bat does during the day and describes the specific adaptations that help it navigate at night.

Explores the world of nocturnal animals, including the lynx, owl, raccoon, bat and tarantula. Explains why some animals are nocturnal instead of diurnal, how nocturnal animals see at night, how nocturnal animals communicate and where night creatures go during the daytime.

Presents information on nocturnal animals and how they survive in the world of twilight and shadow. Includes a quiz at the end of each chapter and a glossary.

Explains what different nocturnal animals do at night, including fruit bats, owls, and boa constrictors.

This comprehensive book about the lives of bats is about a group of peculiar, mythical and fascinating animals. They are mammals, just like us, but still so different. The book covers bats from Latin American Maya temples to Swedish potato cellars; from the plains of Kenya to the Taiwanese mountains. We perceive their shadows flitting by in the summer nights, hear their mating calls in the darkness of autumn and see their silhouettes in the dim street light. The bats live in our houses and forage in our gardens and parks. But who are they and how do they lead their lives? The text and exquisite photos give an unsurpassed insight into the world of sounds and smells that bats encounter each night. We are told about how their senses, way beyond our human perception abilities, shape their lives. We get to know more about their habits, their long evolution and their cohabitation with humans, and how important they are to the environment. You will never again feel lonely in the darkness of the night.

Did you know that bats are not blind? That the smallest bat is the size of abee? That bats won't really fly into your hair? Kids will learn all this and more inthis exciting book about one of nature's most misunderstood creatures.