The world’s more than 1,400 bat species play vital roles in ecosystems, from eating insects, to pollinating plants, and dispersing seeds. Bats are connected to humans and ecosystems in many ways, and all are affected when one link is removed from the chain. | Bat Conservation International

Bats are expert nighttime hunters, built for fast aerial feeding as they sweep through swarms of small flying insects. Under the right conditions, a single insect-eating bat can consume large numbers of mosquito-sized insects in a short time, which is why bats are often described as a powerful form of natural pest control. Diet studies have added important nuance to this picture. Research analyzing bat diets—including a 2018 study published in the Journal of Mammalogy—shows that mosquitoes appea

It's feeding time! Watch the bats fly out of the Selman Bat Cave in NW Oklahoma. Thousands and thousands of bats take flight around sunset to feed on all sorts of bugs across Kansas, Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. Once they're done, they will fly back to the cave and rest during the day (upside down) and do it all over again the next night. It's a really cool thing to watch both in person and on radar. | Meteorologist Damon Lane

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