The bat briefly perks up and wiggles its ears as it listens to the sound before dropping its head back down, uninterested. Next from the speaker comes a higher-pitched “whine” followed by a ...

However, the frog-eating fringe-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus) uses sound instead of looking out for bright colors. The species is known to eavesdrop on frog and toad mating calls to locate its ...

SINGAPORE - A rare bat species native to Singapore has been sighted at Lower Peirce Reservoir, delighting wildlife enthusiasts. Despite being busy dealing with a family emergency, Ms Rovena Chow ...

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.

You’ve been hearing all about torpedo bats of late, and with good reason. New equipment isn’t introduced to Major League Baseball often, but the torpedo bat represents a change in the design ...

The final score, 20–9, was almost too good to be true. And then, everybody noticed the bats. At first glance, the craze appears to be the culmination of the data-driven tweaks that have ...

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 double-header on Sunday saw the start of an interesting procedure, as umpires began checking the bat size of players. In the contest between Delhi Capitals (DC ...

The love songs of these Panamanian frogs is a dinner bell for fringe-lipped bats. But how do they learn which frogs and toads are safe to eat and which are poisonous? A fringe-lipped bat zeroes in ...

Torpedo bats are different from standard bats in that the density has been redistributed, with a narrower end and more wood lower down the barrel. The ends of torpedo bats look almost like the ...

You know the deal by now: The New York Yankees hit a bajillion home runs on opening weekend, with several of the sluggers involved swinging “torpedo” bats that are crafted more like bowling ...

When each new batter arrives at the crease, he must insert his bat into a "rectangular implement" with a cut-out shaped like a house. The checks, introduced on 13 April, are designed to ensure ...

Florida's bat maternity season begins April 16 and lasts through August 14. It is illegal to remove bats from your home without a permit during maternity season. Bats are beneficial to the ...