Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just in time for Halloween, Bat Appreciation Week is coming. Celebrated Oct. 24 through Oct. 31, Bat Appreciation Week is an ...

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, ...

Bats gather to feast as nocturnal insects fly through mountain passes in the Pyrenees each autumn, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists identified seven bat species and 66 insect ...

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 ...

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 ...

URBANA, Ill. – Bats help keep forests growing. Without bats to hold their populations in check, insects that munch on tree seedlings go wild, doing three to nine times more damage than when bats are ...

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Bats stay aloft by employing an aerodynamic trick previously thought unique to insects, researchers said on Thursday. Sign up here. Using a wind tunnel to study the wake bats leave ...