Tongue waggles resembling bowel movements could help some bats drink flower nectar, researchers say. Many insects rely on flower nectar as their main source of food, and have specialized mouthparts to ...

This story was originally published by Inside Science News Service. (ISNS) -- A bat that uses blood flow to reshape its tongue while feeding could help inspire the development of shape-shifting ...

A British retiree managed to capture a stunning image of a Long Tongue bat licking nectar from a flower while he was on vacation in Costa Rica. John Hudson, 72, was touring a natural reserve while on ...

Ad feature presented by Bat Convervation International. The Mexican long-nosed bat must fly more than 750 miles (1,200km) in ...

Some talented humans can fold their tongues into a three-leaf clover, but some bats accomplish an even greater feat: Hair-like structures on their tongue tips stand to attention when they lap up ...

One nectar bat can launch its tongue one and a half times its body length, longer than any other mammal and second only to chameleons among vertebrates, scientists recently discovered. The tube-lipped ...

The tube-lipped nectar bat, Anoura fistulata, has the longest tongue relative to size of any mammal on the planet. It stretches for 8.5 centimeters (more than 3 inches) – that’s 150% of its body ...

In the mid-1860s, a tiny parasitic aphid called phylloxera tore through the vineyards of France so mercilessly it devastated an entire generation of wine and cognac, altering the lineage of French ...

Hovering over a flower to feast on nectar isn't easy. All that wing-flapping can really drain the energy out of an airborne creature, making it in a winged animal's best interest to suck up all those ...

It’s night, and plant biologist Arthur Domingos de Melo is looking up at the open, ivory flowers of a tropical, hardwood tree. Though it’s the dry season in the arid, thorny Caatinga region of ...