The content discusses the anatomy and flight mechanics of three main groups of flying animals: insects, birds, and bats. Flying insects, such as flies, butterflies, and dragonflies, have thin, ...

Welcome to the L.A. Times Plants Newsletter, with a list of plant-related activities and events for August and links to articles you might have missed. But first, a few words about bats — those flying ...

When I was a kid, we had a book called “Animals Nobody Loves,” in which the author, Ronald Rood, introduced readers to “nature’s most misunderstood and maligned creatures” such as rats, snakes, ...

Microbiologist Kelly Speer uses museum specimens to study blood-feeding insects and their mammalian hosts Jack Tamisiea A close-up shot of a bat fly — a specialized parasite that spends most of its ...

How can we understand the activity of wild bats? Mostly soundless, flying in the dark, bats feed at night and evade our senses. Now, an international research team has developed a new non-invasive ...

I would like to take this opportunity to respond to a recent letter to the editor that characterizes bats as being a creepy nuisance. All bats in Pennsylvania are insectivorous, meaning they eat only ...

How can we understand the activity of wild bats? Mostly soundless, flying in the dark, bats feed at night and evade our senses. Many bats can use echolocation to hunt and can avoid the traditional ...