It has been observed that certain North American insectivorous bats vibrate when at rest and content ... and the ability to hover and fly slowly. Fruit and sometimes insects also supplement their diet ...

An illegal shipment of 41 dead bats and 41 dead birds has been intercepted on its way from Nigeria to West Palm Beach, Florida. Labeled as "Yam Flour Sponge," U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists (CBPAS) at the Louisville Port of Entry, located near Louisville ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture specialists stopped the shipment at the Louisville Port of Entry last Friday, ...

Did you know that 17 different types of bats live in Northern California? Some are pollinators; others are insect eaters.

The nocturnal exhibit at the Lake Superior Zoo is home to 12 Egyptian fruit bats and two African straw-colored fruit bats. Fruit bats eat fruit, as you probably can guess. This differs from ...

Hello from in here to all you out there. Fruit Bats’ eighth LP opens with this invocation, this call from an isolated vocal room to your headphones somewhere out in the world. It’s a beckoning for ...

Over 300 species of fruit depend on bats for pollination. Bats help spread seeds for nuts, figs and cacao — the main ...

Heat waves in Australia, for example, have caused dozens of mass die-offs of flying foxes, big fruit-eating bats that use large eyes ... 15 years,” according to a 2023 report by the North American Bat ...

The garden is located near the zoo’s Bat Island Roost, which is home to an estimated 8% of the total global Livingstone’s fruit bat population. Ms Shaw added: "Loving bats as much as I do and ...

In Rwanda, efforts to control an ongoing outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a deadly Ebola-like filovirus, continue. The ...

Longleat Safari Park is set to reopen its bat cave in early 2025. The attraction, which was closed in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic, will welcome around 30 Egyptian fruit bats. Simon Askew, ...