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4 freaky new bat species discovered - Technology & science ...

Updated June. 3, 2013

Researchers have identified four new species of horseshoe bats with large, strangely shaped noses in eastern Africa. Scientists had thought all four belonged to a ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49021776/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/new-bat-s...

Disease wiping out bats hits new species, spreads west - U.S. News

Updated 5 hours ago

A mysterious bat-plaguing disease has shown up in a seventh species, the U.S. reported Tuesday, and said even more could succumb as white-nose syndrome makes its way ...http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/29/11939375-disease-wiping-out-bats-hits...

Bats Have Surprisingly Complex Family Life - Technology & science ...

Updated June. 14, 2013

Group living has many benefits, but it also comes at a cost. A study of insect-eating bats in England finds that females and males often live at different altitudes ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50588559/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/bats-have...

Bird flu, pig flu, now bat flu? - Health - Cold and flu | NBC News

Updated June. 10, 2013

ATLANTA — For the first time, scientists have found evidence of flu in bats, reporting a never-before-seen virus whose risk to humans is unclear. The surprising ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/46545745/ns/health-cold_and_flu/t/bird-flu-pig-flu-now...

Bats use carnivorous plants as living toilets | NBC News

Updated 12 hours ago

Birds may bomb cars with airborne droppings, but bats apparently use living toilets made of carnivorous plants, gracing them with their fecal matter, scientists find ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/41276703/t/bats-use-carnivorous-pitcher-plants-living-...

Bats think about sex — a lot - Technology & science - Science ...

Updated June. 16, 2013

Bats may have more in common with the fictional Batman than previously believed, since both successfully combine work with courting sexy potential mates — a lot of ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49265916/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/bats-thin...

Holy bat cave! New tour puts millions of bats on display - TODAY.com

Updated 14 hours ago

harriet-baskas Holy bat cave! New tour puts millions of bats on display ; Family Thousands rock the roll at Duct Tape Festival; Airlines One in four flights late in ...http://www.today.com/travel/holy-bat-cave-new-tour-puts-millions-bats-display-72...

Why bats are better fliers than birds - Technology & science ...

Updated June. 10, 2013

Their motions might seem erratic and graceless, but bats are more efficient fliers than birds, thanks to an airlift mechanism that is unique among aerial creatures ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16756519/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/why-bats-...

Bats like to hang out with their friends, too - Technology ...

Updated June. 15, 2013

Bats like to hang out with their friends, too They're the latest animals to show they form friendships, just like humans Below:http://www.nbcnews.com/id/41492997/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/bats-hang...

Scientists puzzle over how bat brains and rat brains build mental ...

Updated 16 hours ago

At a lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, fruit bats in a roomy cage flew circles around a metal rig that roughly resembles a tree. Electrodes on their ...http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/18/17808967-scientists-puzzle-over-how-...