You might shudder at the sight of bats in your yard, but the reason they've arrived -- and why you'd want to attract them -- isn't quite what you'd think.

When you picture a flower and a pollinator, the odds are you’re imagining a colorful, perfumed flower, and a honeybee.

Discover the vital role bats play in pollination and their importance in maintaining ecological balance on International Bat Appreciation Day.

Like many other pollinators, bats are being impacted by environmental change around the world, with researchers warning that these changes are putting the pollination services bat species provide ...

Bat pollination is seen as a solution, because as opposed to cloning genetically identical plants, sexual reproduction brings in new genes. This could also increase the plant’s ability to adapt to ...

Cunning plants use tricks to lure pollinators: Species have evolved to coax along process through color, scent and the temptation of sweet nectar.

Bats are important pollinators, but many people don't appreciate the amazing array of species that pollinate plants around the world — nor how amazingly adapted they are for their job.

Concern around declining bat population exists because bats are beneficial to our ecosystem. Bats benefit the agriculture ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Did you know that the Mexican free-tailed bat is Texas’ official flying mammal? These bats are beneficial to the state, helping with insect control and pollination. Bats ...

The endangered Mexican long-nosed bat has been discovered in Arizona via the utilization of citizen science from residents in southeastern Arizona.

Think pollination, and you will likely picture a butterfly or bee flitting between flowers. But while these are indeed important pollinators, both the natural world and our food supplies rely on a ...