New Zealand has named the pekapeka-tou-roa, or long-tailed bat, as their Bird of the Year, despite the fact that bats are not birds. Some have criticized the call as a publicity stunt to recuperate ...
The pekapeka long-tailed bat, one of New Zealand's two native land mammals, entered the Bird of the Year contest for the first time in 2021 and won the top honor Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ...
Animal contests aren’t new. From watching dogs run through obstacle courses to judging the biggest bear, we like to subject them to weird standards for our entertainment. Sometimes, we even vote them ...
Bats, lauded for scooping up mosquitoes and other nasty pests but reviled for drinking blood and spreading rabies, now have another unpopular habit to live down — it appears they eat songbirds, ...
About twice a month, many of Australia’s wind farms receive an important visit from dogs and their handlers. The dogs are professionals and know exactly what they’re there for. Eagerly, they run along ...
New research could help reduce bat and bird fatalities at wind farms in the United States. According to the analysis published in PLOS One earlier this year, bat fatalities at wind farms peak in ...
About twice a month, many of Australia’s wind farms receive an important visit from dogs and their handlers. The dogs are professionals and know exactly what they’re there for. Eagerly, they run along ...
Every spring, billions of migratory songbirds in Europe fly north to their breeding grounds. Most of these birds fly at night when no predators are around — or so the experts thought. But researchers ...
Gut bacteria help us fight disease and digest food, but not all animals rely on their microbiomes the way we do. A new study comparing the guts of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians shows that ...
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