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After a troubled history, the V-22 Osprey — half-helicopter, half-plane — has been ferrying troops and equipment across Iraq for just over a year without a major incident.
At least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats.
An umpire teasingly calls him "Bat Man." His teammates consider it an embarrassment and a "slap in the face." His former ballclub sees it as a bit of harmless fun.
Jared Greenberg and Dan Zinger know the Internet has the power to change lives. They just never thought it would change theirs.
During three years in the low minors, John Odom never really made a name for himself until he got traded for a bunch of bats.
Researchers are studying a colony of bats that live in an underground concrete structure at the Hanford nuclear reservation in hopes of determining how to provide a new home for them once the structure is demolished.
The collision of an aluminum bat and a baseball produces a distinctive "ping," a sound of summer heard on youth ballfields across the country. But a small though vocal contingent of lawmakers, coaches and parents have tried to drown out the "ping" with calls to ban metal bats. The bats are dangerous, critics contend, because balls can fly off of them at high speeds that can injure younger, less experienced fielders with little time to react.
Well-hung males may enjoy an evolutionary advantage over their less well-endowed competitors - in certain rodents, anyway. The finding may help answer the vexing question of why penis size is so variable among mammals.
YET more evidence is in that the Ebola virus is spreading in a wave across Africa - putting the world's last big populations of lowland gorillas directly in its path.
Nervous wait for three men bitten by mad bat THREE Queensland holidaymakers face an anguished wait for medical results after being bitten by a fruit bat sent mad by the deadly lyssavirus.
Flying foxes zap power supplyThousands of Country Energy customers lost power last night after a colony of flying foxes flew into a supply line on NSW's north coast.
Hockey team kills bat that flew into arena to "protect" the crowd.ASHWAUBENON, Wisconsin (AP) — An American junior hockey team is under fire from animal rights activists for killing a bat that flew into its arena during a game.
The evolution of bat migrationMost people know the term of "migrating bird" but "migrating bat" is not very established. However, some bat species migrate every year long or short distances.
Bats Have Creative Sex LivesCertain primates, including humans, engage in oral sex. The practice has been documented in bonobos as well. But now researchers have documented fellatio in bats, marking the first time oral sex has been seen in an animal other than a primate.
Bats Find Fellatio BeneficialWhen they do their thing, female Chinese fruit bats add oral sex to get the males to prolong the act, scientists now find, suggesting the behavior confers evolutionary benefits.
Saving Bats From Wind-Farm DeathsReporting in The Journal of Wildlife Management, researchers write about a strategy for protecting migratory bats from fatal encounters with wind farms.
Great Tits Eat Bats In Times Of NeedNecessity is the mother of invention: Great Tits eat hibernating common pipistrelle bats under harsh conditions of snow cover.
Rare bat rewrites record booksOne of Europe's rarest bats has been found at a site in Wales further west than ever before recorded.
Great tits found hunting bats for foodIn British gardens they are welcome visitors, stopping off to sing and snack on the caterpillars. But in a remote cave in Hungary they are exhibiting some unusual behaviour. There, great tits have turned into predators who search out and eat roosting bats.
The next time you spot a great tit in the garden, beware... it's a meat-eating killerFluttering down from the trees, they peck gently at the crumbs on the bird table. But when times are tough, great tits get even tougher. The birdwatcher's favourites turn into ruthlessly efficient killing machines - with a deadly appetite for bats.
Avian Silence: Without Birds to Disperse Seeds, Guam's Forest Is ChangingThe forest on Guam is silent.
Deadly FlightsMassive wind turbines seem to be killing more and more migratory bats, prompting research into these neglected creatures and efforts to minimize the toll.
Colorado biologist scopes out bat, radar studyDr. Paul Cryan, a Colorado-based biologist, has studied the effects of wind turbines on the flying mammals. He weighs in on new radar research out of Scotland aimed at keeping the bats out of harm's way.
Bat infestation cleanup poses costly, difficult choicesWith 1,000 bats roosting in this house, the guano piles up quickly. Destruction of the house may be the only way out, but bat conservationists point out that bats are a protected species, and destroying a large roosting spot may pose legal problems.
Conflict of interest puts Sydney Botanic Gardens bat colony at riskEnvironmental groups have warned a conflict of interest within the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change is putting a colony of threatened grey headed flying foxes at serious risk.
Moths Use Sonar-Jamming Defence to Fend Off Hunting BatsSome species of moths may have evolved a defensive ultrasonic clicking technique that can temporarily disrupt the echolocation signals of bats
Scientists discover new tiny bat species in Comoros Geneva - Scientists have discovered a small new bat species weighing just 5 grams on the Comoros island archipelago in the Indian Ocean, the Natural History Museum in Geneva said.
Bats avoid flying by streetlightStreetlights may make it easier for humans to travel by road, but they could cause a problem for "commuting" bats, say researchers. Scientists have found that, as bats travel to feeding grounds, they avoid hedgerows illuminated by streetlights.
Study Finds That Bats Recognize Individual Voices As echolocating animals, bats "emit calls out to the environment and locate, range, and identify objects by listening to the echoes of these calls."
Bats 'recognise other's voices'As if flying around in the dark swooping and diving to catch insects was not tricky enough, bats also listen for their fellow hunters.
Deadly bat disease spreading fast, scientists warn CongressA mysterious disease that's killing tens of thousands of bats in the Northeast is spreading so fast that it could reach California within five years, biologists and officials of the Agriculture and Interior departments told lawmakers Thursday.
N.J. biologists fear up to 95 percent of bat population died over winterVolunteers were called on today to join an annual summer bat count in New Jersey that could further determine how many have fallen to the enigmatic "white-nose syndrome" responsible for devastating their Northeastern populations.
Study Finds Reduction in Turbine Bat KillsWind turbines kill large numbers of bats each year — a public relations quandary for wind energy companies. But the results of a new study show that sacrificing some nocturnal spin time can save the lives of bats, and perhaps boost the industry's image as well.
Bat rescuers warned of fatal diseaseThe Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control is urging people not to handle bats because they may be carrying a rabies-like disease.
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