As far as spooky mammals go, it’s hard to beat the bat. But the night-time fliers get a bad rap. They keep insect populations under control, and serve as pollinators. With Halloween coming in a couple ...

California Nature Art Museum (formerly the Wildling Museum) will explore the topic of pollinators in an upcoming gallery exhibit, The Birds and the Bees and More: Pollinators, on view March 2-Sept. 2 ...

Dozens of species — ranging from moths to orchids — may soon be addedto Massachusetts’ endangered species list. The Massachusetts Endangered Species Act, enacted in 1990, complements the federal one ...

All bees are having a hard time of it. Habitat destruction and pesticides are wreaking havoc on the natives, and the plight of the honeybee is even worse. Already plagued by a hive parasite called the ...

An international research team led by the universities of Göttingen and Hohenheim in Germany has gained new insights into how the interaction of birds, bees and bats significantly increases the ...

When you picture bats scattered around your garden, your mind might immediately jump to spooky folklore or festive Halloween decor. But in reality, bats are one of the hardest-working nighttime ...

Last Fourth of July was pretty quiet. The fire danger was lower than the last few years, but still high enough to keep people from insisting on tons of personal fireworks. As twilight turned to night, ...

The Bats and the Bees The wording of your article1 was sufficiently imprecise to provoke a brain gag on my part. Bat and bird wings are homologous!? No! Analogous, I say. They do NOT use the same ...

With Halloween coming in a couple of days, you are seeing plenty of Halloween decorations that are intended to instill a little bit of fear, including some displays containing bats. The fear of bats, ...