Beyond the well-known elephants and tigers, the world teems with tiny mammals playing crucial roles. From the Etruscan shrew, ...

Despite its tiny size, the bumblebee bat plays a significant role as a predator in its ecosystem. Reproduction Nature’s Delicate Cycle Reproduction: Nature’s Delicate Cycle (image credits: pixabay) ...

The Bumblebee Bat, also known as Craseonycteris thonglongyai, is one of the smallest mammals in the world, measuring only about an inch long and weighing less than a penny. These bats have a unique ...

A nonprofit organization in East Brunswick, New Jersey started National Moth Week in 2012. The Friends of the East Brunswick ...

Discover the smallest mammal in the world the bumblebee bat. Learn where it lives, how tiny it really is, and why this rare species is so fascinating and important for nature.

Predators are far more likely to attack adult moths than caterpillars, highlighting the protective power of metamorphosis.

Even bats in the tropics, where it’s warm all year, store fat in anticipation of dry seasons when food becomes scarce. That’s ...

Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that are known natural reservoirs of infectious diseases.

Specifically, little brown bats carry two copies of the gene, and have high p53 activity, which can get rid of cancer cells during apoptosis, a biological process that eliminates unwanted cells.