bats

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Bats are protected by law in the U.K.—some species are at risk of extinction—and so developers have to assess the environmental impacts of a new road on bats and take measures to mitigate them.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

"This is a new type of approach to air power where you have a crewed fighter giving directions to four or five Ghost Bats flying in formation with it," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

"Many of these churches have been on these sites for probably 1,000 years, and probably as long as they've been standing they've had bats in them," says Diana Spencer, from the Bats in Churches Project.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

"Bats have this amazing flexible adaptive behavior that they can employ anytime," said senior author Cynthia F. Moss, a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist who studies bats.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

Bats swing over my head and nighthawks cry as I hurry along.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George