You may think bats are scary, but what's truly terrifying is the mysterious fungus that's decimating the bat population -- the so-called "white-nose syndrome."
The Guardian | Marc Abrahams | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green
A new study helps to answer the question raised in Thomas Nagel's 1974 philosophy essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" A team of Chinese and British r...
Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green
This week in animal stories reached new heights in Brussels, where farmers took to the streets with cows' milk and eggs as ammunition to battle agains...
BBC NEWS | Victoria Gill | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green
Concrete bridges could make better roosts for certain species of bat than natural caves, according to research....
sciencedaily.com | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green
Scientists at the University of Calgary have found a way to reduce bat deaths from wind turbines by up to 60 percent without significantly reducing th...
Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green
Certain animals have a stigma about them and just don't get enough credit. This week, HuffPost Green thought we'd give a little bit of love to the cut...
New Scientist | Sanjida O'Connell | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
It sounds like the avian equivalent of an Ozzy Osbourne legend. Great tits have been discovered killing and eating bats by pecking their heads open. ...
Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green
HuffPost Green posted some informative animal stories this week, which we hope that you enjoyed. Flip through our slideshow for a refresher and don't ...
BBC | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green
Male free-tailed bats sing intricate and complex "love songs" to woo prospective female mates, new research has found. A detailed analysis of the s...
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green
A disturbing trend has developed in which mainstream right-of-center pundits are regressing on issues of environmental protection.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green
In Today's Audio Report: Fires and bats and bears -- Oh My!; Congress to offer Cash For Clunkers; Some Democrats side with Republicans in stalling cli...
AP | bfpr | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Forest Service is preparing to close thousands of caves and former mines across the eastern United States in an eff...
AP | Posted 01.15.2009 | World
LIMA, Peru — Drug agents in Peru say they have seized 3 tons of cocaine mixed into a shipment of guano bound for Spain. A four-month investigat...
Keith Thomson | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics
One solution might be sending in this six-inch-long robotic micro-aerial vehicle known as the Com-Bat. In concept, similar to a radio-controlled toy.
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green
If you thought the season for debates and voting had ended, think again! Some folks over in the UK -- specifically, the EarthWatch institute -- are de...
ScienCentral | Joyce Gramza | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green
The big knock on wind turbines has been that they're dangerous to birds. But researchers have found that they actually kill more bats, and the reason ...
Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green