Tolkien's Middle-earth is riddled with enemies, and some are so vile not even the most pitiable backstories in Lord of the ...

Despite being a significant benchmark in fantasy epics, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings franchise hasn't entirely ...

Richards Congress Avenue, as they wait for over a million Mexican free-tailed bats to swarm away in search of food. The stream of bats flying from the bridge begins each dusk and continues all the ...

Never one to shy away from a controversial topic, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred lauded “torpedo” bats as the future of America’s pastime, calling them “absolutely good for baseball” in a ...

For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in Ottawa with a stop sign sprouting up from the tree-lawn shrubs.

Torpedo bats are changing Major League Baseball, but with his head in the sand, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wants us to know: "Nothing to see here!" Torpedo bats change the distribution of the ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University reveals that the greater mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) uses its long tail as a natural tactile sensor to navigate backward in dark caves.

Before then, Leanhardt had never really thought about the design of bats, any more than he’d thought about his glove or his spikes, he recently told reporters. But he was well positioned to ...

Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers star, expressed satisfaction with his current bat and does not plan to switch to the new torpedo bats, while New York Yankees' Aaron Judge also sees no reason to ...

In his playing days, Eric Gagne’s objective was simple. “My job was to break bats,” the former Dodgers closer joked with a laugh. Which makes his current occupation, as chief executive of ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — There have many reports recently about a new trend that has started making waves in Major League Baseball (MLB): the torpedo bat. This bat was designed by Aaron Leanhardt is a ...

Torpedo bats have taken the MLB world by storm in just the week or so since Opening Day. ESPN recently spoke to Bobby Hillerich, vice president of production at Hillerich & Bradsby which makes ...