The result of New Zealand’s Bird of the Year contest has some critics crying fowl. That’s because the winner announced on Monday wasn’t a bird at all but the long-tailed bat, or pekapeka-tou-roa. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The winner in question pekapeka-tou-roa, or long-tailed bat, a tiny bat native to the country. An organization named Forest & Bird ...

New Zealand has named the pekapeka-tou-roa, or long-tailed bat, as their Bird of the Year, despite the fact that bats are not birds. Some have criticized the call as a publicity stunt to recuperate ...

Bats are incredibly diverse animals: They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or hover to drink nectar from tropical flowers, all of which require distinctive ...

The pekapeka long-tailed bat, one of New Zealand's two native land mammals, entered the Bird of the Year contest for the first time in 2021 and won the top honor Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ...

New research could help reduce bat and bird fatalities at wind farms in the United States. According to the analysis published in PLOS One earlier this year, bat fatalities at wind farms peak in ...

The long-tailed bat, one of the country’s only two native land mammals, flew away with the top prize. By Natasha Frost AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The candidates didn’t know they were running. The winner ...

Animal contests aren’t new. From watching dogs run through obstacle courses to judging the biggest bear, we like to subject them to weird standards for our entertainment. Sometimes, we even vote them ...