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 ...

很久以前，鸟类和陆地动物爆发了一场大战。动物们要赢了，因为它们有腿而且非常强壮。 就在那时，蝙蝠走进一个山洞躲了起来。他想看看哪一方会赢。好几个小时后，陆地动物最终赢得了战斗。 当他确定哪一方赢了之后，蝙蝠飞出他的山洞，追随那些动物。

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 ...

The pekapeka-tou-roa, New Zealand’s long-tailed bat, is special for many reasons. Bats are the island nation’s only native land mammal and the pekapeka-tou-roa is just one of two surviving species in ...

The result of New Zealand’s Bird of the Year contest has some critics crying fowl. That’s because the winner announced on Monday wasn’t a bird at all but the long-tailed bat, or pekapeka-tou-roa. The ...

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 ...

Flying critters don’t always have the best options when it comes to finding a home, but staff and students at Allegheny ...

Voters in New Zealand's annual Bird of the Year poll have thrown their support behind a flying mammal, sparking controversy. Reading time 2 minutes New Zealanders are up in arms over a bat’s inclusion ...

13 years of data from almost 30 percent of all US wind turbines underscore fatality patterns, which could aid protection Bird and bat fatalities at wind turbines increase during seasonal migrations – ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin nonprofit is warning about the impacts that widely available bird repellents can have on wildlife — including Austin’s bat population. The Austin Bat Refuge rescued four bats ...

1. The relative importance of ecosystem services and disservices can change with landscape structure in a poorly understood way. 2. We compare the impact of biocontrol, provided by bats and birds, ...