Bats also play a significant role in agriculture by pollinating plants such as the agave, which is essential for tequila ...

People are turning to advanced technology to help bats survive amid climate change, wind turbines and a new disease, while ...

In the United States bats are beneficial members of the animal community. They help to control night-flying insects, in some instances pollinate flowers, and scatter the seeds of plants. Their guano ...

In reality, the more than 1,300 bat species are vitally important to ecosystems and economies around the world: They perform pest control, they pollinate, and they disperse seeds. The 140,000 bat ...

Those noses help them detect the scent of blooming flowers, but it’s their impressive tongues that make lesser long-nosed bats such valuable pollinators: Measuring about three inches ...