With dark, velvety bracts that resemble bat wings and whisker-like filaments, the black bat flower is an exotic plant that [… ...

The bat’s long tongue springs a hidden switch, exploding the pea-pod keel. As it laps deep in the flower’s nectary, spring-loaded anthers burst from the keel and gild the bat’s tiny rump ...

Mexican long-nosed bats have been identified in southeastern Arizona through citizen scientist efforts and innovative DNA technology.

Two New Yorkers died after using bat excrement to grow marijuana. The men, 64 and 59, paid the ultimate price for getting ...

But while bats are known for carrying viruses that cause diseases like rabies and Ebola, they also play a vital role in ecosystems around the world. Rodrigo Medellín, a bat expert who has been ...

Afton State Park got 25 new bur oak trees today, courtesy of the Minnesota Twins bullpen. The trees were the last of the 18,000 trees planted as a result of the Break a Bat, Plant a Tree ...

Dubbed the "Bat Man of Mexico," Medellín convinced agave farmers to set aside part of their land to allow the plants there to flower and be pollinated. He also worked with a nonprofit to ...