These summer nights are warm and calm. They are very alive with all sorts of critters. The usual nocturnal rabbits, porcupines, foxes and deer move about and feed now. Owls call and search for meals ...

Bats sometimes get a bad rap, but these fascinating facts show how they pollinate plants, control insects and thrive in the ...

A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they ...

Bats aren’t just flying creatures of the night. See how the Mexican free-tailed bat and others can also walk and explore on ...

UCLA bat biologist Joey Curti hopes his nighttime bat walks will educate people about the diversity of species flapping just ...

"Lots of things fly at night," says Harlan Gough, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nightfall can set the stage for an acrobatic high-stakes drama in the air — a swirl of ...

There have been reports of rabies in bats in Tennessee, but skunks are the most common carrier of the disease in the state, ...

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 ...

With more than 1,400 species worldwide, bats are linchpins of ecosystems, serving as pest controllers, pollinators, and ...

What do bats, dolphins, shrews, and whales have in common? Echolocation! Echolocation is the ability to use sound to navigate. Many animals, and even some humans, are able to use sounds in order to ...

To find out, Elena Tena, a biologist at Doñana Biological Station in Seville, Spain, and her colleagues attached ultra-light ...

Weather radar reveal a sharp divide across Britain, with nighttime insect flights dropping steeply while daytime numbers ...