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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to bug-munching, bats are insatiable. Of the 1,250 species, the 40 species on this continent are all insectivores. Big brown bats, red bats, and little brown bats can often be spotted at ...

Janet Debelak Tyburec, of Bat Survey Solutions, measures the ears of an evening bat on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 at Swift River Pecans in Lockhart, Texas. These bats eat lots of different insects in ...

KEARNEY - Good Samaritan Hospital is working with a bat specialist to find and remove any bats that might be occupying the hospital. The specialist was called after a small number of bat bugs were ...

Noctilionoid bat species evolved wildly different faces as they adapted to exploit diverse food sources -- including insects, fruit, nectar, blood and fish. New research shows that those adaptations ...

Members of a third new bat species. A colony of what is apparently a new species of Hipposideros from an abandoned gold mine in Western Kenya. (Photo courtesy of B.D. Patterson / Field Museum) ...