Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s widely believed that “patient zero” for the world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak was a two-year old boy from the remote village ...

Bats who evolved to roost in trees suffer peak fatalities when it’s less windy during the late summer and in the fall. Using thermal cameras, researchers may have finally figured out what puts these ...

Bats in tropical regions are fertilizing trees with their excretions. An international team of scientists recently discovered that seeds of a tropical tree species, which regularly hosts bats in large ...

But thousands of bats lived in the tree, and one toddler — a 2-year-old named Emile Ouamouno — may have contracted Ebola from playing there. Emile, who died in December 2013, was "patient zero," or ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio is a major hub for bat activity, and bat boxes (or bat houses) are an increasingly popular way for residents to support the local ecos ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. -- She was hissing and squealing and trying to open her tiny mouth wide enough to nip the glove of the biologist who was holding her. But the young female northern long-eared ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A bat hanging in the attic or in a room of the house can be an annoyance, and possibly dangerous, but there’s more to bats than that. The U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Someone cut down a bunch of trees a few months ago at the north and southbound rest areas along I-71 near the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge. The remains lay scattered where they fell. Why were they taken ...

Mistaken identity Some species of bats may mistake wind turbines for tall trees, and follow seemingly familiar air flow patterns to their doom. US researchers used thermal and infra-red surveillance ...

URBANA, Ill. – Bats help keep forests growing. Without bats to hold their populations in check, insects that munch on tree seedlings go wild, doing three to nine times more damage than when bats are ...

Trees litter the picnic area at the northbound rest area on I-71 just south of the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge. Someone cut down a bunch of trees a few months ago at the north and southbound rest areas ...