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WATCH: Body Part Becomes 'Erect' When Bats Feed

Posted 05.07.2013 | Science

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/06/2013 03:11 PM EDT on LiveScience Bats use erectile tissue to drink. But don't wor...

PHOTO: Baby Fruit Bats Wrapped Like Burritos

Posted 04.24.2013 | Green

Redditor mapaquier may be right saying bats might not be "everyone's cup of tea," but these babies wrapped in blanket burritos may be the cutest frui...

WATCH: Giant Bats' Shocking Sex Technique

Posted 04.04.2013 | Science

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 04/01/2013 01:26 PM EDT on LiveScience Male bats perform oral sex on females, apparently to m...

Climate Change May Shrink Bat Moms' Range

Posted 02.04.2013 | Green

From Megan Gannon, LiveScience News Editor: Each the spring, female Indiana bats leave the cool caves where they spend the winter hibernating and h...

The Wild Beauty Of Costa Rica

Charlotte Temple | Posted 03.22.2013 | Travel
Charlotte Temple

Costa Rica is about the size of West Virginia, yet it has some of the most varied landscapes and wildlife on earth.

7 Deliciously Frightful Halloween Recipes

Phoebe Lapine | Posted 12.19.2012 | Taste
Phoebe Lapine

Regardless of whether you are too old for haunted houses or young enough to still be terrified by bowls of blood (ketchup), Halloween is a time for parties, costumes or otherwise.

Bats Respond to Global Warming, More Females

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 10.23.2012 | Green
Dr. Reese Halter

In March 15,000 warm temperature records were shattered across the United States. In addition to disrupting plants, it turns out that these warm temperatures profoundly impacted pregnant bats.

Bats In Arlington!

Posted 08.14.2012 | DC

Like a wild night life? Curious about echolocation? Concerned about white nose syndrome, a fungus that's decimating local bat populations? Or just thi...

Sex Habit Puts Little Bugs At Big Risk Of Bat Attack

Posted 07.23.2012 | Science

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 07/23/2012 12:33 PM EDT on LiveScience Flies may not scream out in ecstasy during sex,...

D.M. Levine

Market Regulator: We're Failing To Catch The 'Cheetahs'

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 06.20.2012 | Business

Regulators are trying to catch up with the "cheetahs." That's the nickname bestowed upon high-frequency traders by Bart Chilton, a commissioner at the...

WATCH: Bat's Freaky Tongue Is HOW Long?

Posted 06.11.2012 | Science

By: Life's Little Mysteries Staff Published: 06/09/2012 12:01 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries A team of explorers for the National Geographi...

'Devastating' Disease Found In Endangered Tennessee Bats

Reuters | Posted 07.30.2012 | Green

By Laura Zuckerman May 29 (Reuters) - A disease that has killed millions of hibernating bats in the United States has been detected fo...

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Facebook IPO Glitches: Flash Trading Gets The Blame

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.24.2012 | Business

As shareholders continue to pick through the rubble of the troubled Facebook IPO, questions still linger about the role -- if any -- high-frequency tr...

'Green News Report' - April 10, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.10.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: It's offi...

'Green News Report' - April 5, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.05.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama pus...

Deadly Bat Fungus Moves West

AP | MARIA SUDEKUM | Posted 06.03.2012 | Green

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A disease that has killed millions of bats across multiple states and Canada has been found in Missouri, marking its advent ...

D.M. Levine

Don't Blame The Robots

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 03.27.2012 | Business

Don't call it a flash crash. Last Friday, when BATS, one of the country's leading venues for the controversial practice known as high frequency tr...

Apple's Flash Crash

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 03.23.2012 | Business

Call it a very bad day for flash traders. On the very day that BATS, short for Better Alternative Trading System, one of the larger high-frequency ...

Deadly Bat Fungus Found In New Location

AP | Posted 05.20.2012 | Green

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Biologists in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have confirmed that two bats found in a park cave have white-nose syn...

As Bat Deaths Mount, So Does Urgency for a National Response

Noah Greenwald | Posted 04.01.2012 | Green
Noah Greenwald

A mysterious, fatal disease is stealing North America's bats at a staggering rate.

The 10 Most Amazing Tales of Animal Rescue (VIDEO)

Posted 02.03.2012 | Home

We hear and read stories about these kinds of heroic acts all the time. Whether it's our fellow man helping out man's best friend or people putting as...

WATCH: Look What These Miami Roofers Found Under One Local Roof

Posted 03.23.2012 | Miami

Think about how many houses in South Florida have roofs with barrel tiles. Now imagine that each one contains thousands of squealing bats. In the ...

'Green News Report' - January 19, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.20.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: White Hou...

WATCH: White-Nose Syndrome Is Killing Millions Of Bats

Posted 01.19.2012 | Green

From Russell McLendon and Mother Nature Network: It's been six years since the dawn of white-nose syndrome -- a bat-killing fungus that's sweeping ...

New Technology Saves Bats From Wind Farms

LiveScience | Remy Melina | Posted 01.14.2012 | Science

Researchers have developed an interactive tool that uses bat calls and local environmental conditions to help wind farms reduce bat fatalities while...