Even vampire bats enjoy dinner with friends! Females who roost together tend to forage for blood together too, study finds Researchers strapped backpack sensors to 50 female vampire bats in Panama Just over half were wild bats and the rest had been in captivity for two years The team found that females who roost together … Read more
Brazen thugs armed with baseball bats allegedly stole a car’s catalytic convertor while it was parked in its owner’s driveway in a broad daylight theft. The gang of car thieves targeted a Toyota Corolla Hybrid in Harrow, north-west London, at around 9.50pm on July 1. Shocking doorbell footage caught the moment the robbers, who were … Read more
A coronavirus related to the one causing the global pandemic has been discovered in the blood of five bats living in Thailand. SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19, shares 91.5 per cent of its genetic code with that of the newly-identified virus, called RacCS203. The virus is thought to be unable to infect people as it … Read more
Bats are able to soar up to a mile above the ground during flight by riding late night winds and updrafts, according to a new study into the flying mammals. Scientists already knew bats could reach such lofty heights, but until this new study by Southeastern Louisiana University they didn’t know how they soared so far … Read more
It’s been a helluva year – the most shocking and life-changing that most of us have experienced. As 2020 ends, here are my annual Morgan Awards, for those who’ve inspired, amused, entertained and horrified us as the world reeled from coronavirus. MOST SAVAGE QUIP: ‘Self-isolation is easy for you, Morgan,’ chortled Sir Bob Geldof on … Read more
Cate Blanchett is forced to halt plans to renovate her ‘haunted’ £5m English mansion after surveyors discover rare bats have made it their home too Cate Blanchett, 51, has had plans to add to her £4.9m East Sussex, home halted Ecologists found bat droppings belonging to rare brown long-eared bats in shed Plans for a state … Read more
Cate Blanchett is forced to halt plans to renovate her ‘haunted’ £5m English mansion after surveyors discover rare bats have made it their home too Cate Blanchett, 51, has had plans to add to her £4.9m East Sussex, home halted Ecologists found bat droppings belonging to rare brown long-eared bats in shed Plans for a state … Read more
Buzz off: Praying mantis bats away wasp trying to steal grasshopper snack from its jaws in astonishing close-up footage The green creature strikes at grasshopper in a split second, trapping it by its legs Clip from Germany shows predator pinning its prey and mercilessly devouring it But the wasp is not giving up and the … Read more
Masked gang armed with machetes, axes and bats film themselves smashing up house and car in terrifying targeted attack At least a dozen thugs swarm detached home in leafy village of Church, Lancs. Front windows were smashed in, TV set destroyed and BMW left badly damaged Footage posted anonymously on social media and viewed some … Read more
Dinner time! Thousands of bats are captured on weather radar as they fly into the night looking for insects in Arizona The National Weather Service captured a massive colony of bats on radar Thousands of creatures were captured before dusk in Arizona Sunday The radar shows what looks like fireworks bursting over the area Officials … Read more