Pexels Most people spot a bat swooping through the evening sky and instinctively step back inside. The reputation bats carry ...

Bats move through desert night skies with a purpose that is easy to overlook and difficult to replace. As they travel from plant to plant, feeding on ...

Bat pollination, or chiropterophily, represents a specialised mutualism in which nocturnal mammals transfer pollen while exploiting floral nectar and pollen to satisfy their high energetic demands.

This special day is not just a tribute but a call to recognise these nocturnal creatures' vital roles in our ecosystems. Bats, often misunderstood and cloaked in myths, are fascinating beings that ...

With more than 1,400 species worldwide, bats are linchpins of ecosystems, serving as pest controllers, pollinators, and forest builders. When most people think of bats, images of Halloween, haunted ...

Baobabs are sometimes called "upside-down trees," because their branches look like roots reaching skyward. Of the eight species of baobab in the world, six are confined to Madagascar, one to northern ...

A fungal disease that attacks while bats are hibernating has brought the tricolored bat to the brink of extinction. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is recommending that the tricolored bat be ...