Scientists Just Learned That This Bat Eats Birds Midflight. A Renaissance Painter May Have Known About It Hundreds of Years Ago

Bats can catch and eat birds mid-flight. A painter may have known that 400 years before scientists

Europe’s biggest bat is capable of an impressively athletic feat: snatching birds out of the air and eating them, midflight — something a Flemish painter seems to have noticed hundreds of years before scientists.

Butterfly that barely ages could help unlock longevity secrets

Scientists discovered that Heliconius butterflies have evolved an extraordinary lifespan, living several times longer than closely related species. Even more surprising, some show little sign of physical decline as they age. Their unusual pollen-feeding lifestyle may play a role, but the research suggests deeper evolutionary changes are also helping them stay healthy for longer.

The surprising recovery of once-rare birds

When I started bird-watching as a teenager, a few years after the first Earth Day in 1970, several species that once thrived in my region were nowhere to be found. Some, like the passenger pigeon, were extinct. Others had retreated to more remote...

Authorities working to confirm if bird found in NSW has deadly bird flu

Authorities are working to confirm if a bird found on the NSW Mid-North Coast has the deadly bird flu strain.

Bird flu fears spark 94 reports as WA awaits 11 test results, including one bird found in Perth

Authorities confirmed one bird found in the Perth metro area and another in Geraldton are currently undergoing testing.