FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof ...

Arizona has added a new species of bat to the list of night-flying creatures that frequent the state. By Associated Press | Feb. 10, 2025. ... agave and other desert plants.

It is an important species for pollinating cactus, agave and other desert plants. FILE - A Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) feeds on agave nectar in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in July 2022.

The National Park Service said two bats on the west side of the park and one bat on the east side of the park were found with ...

While in Austin, the bats emerge at dusk and fly upward in elegant and spectacular stream-like patterns into the night sky. They spend the hours of darkness feeding on flying insects, consuming ...

But later members of its branch of the flying reptiles known as pterosaurs were truly colossal, including Quetzalcoatlus, whose 10.7-metre wingspan was the same as an F-16 fighter.

Bats are not only masters of aerodynamic flight — they’re skillful at multitasking while flying, too. By Rachel Nuwer Some humans like to think of themselves as good multitaskers, but bats may ...

Arizona has added a new species of bat to the list of night-flying creatures that frequent the state. ... It is an important species for pollinating cactus, agave and other desert plants.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof ...