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Bat for Lashes, a.k.a. Natasha Khan, will release her sixth album, The Dream Of Delphi, on May 31 via Mercury KX. She teased the LP with the evocative and personal title track, named after her daughter Delphi, who was born in California during lockdown in 2020. “This is the manifesto of the album,” Khan explained of the album in a statement. “It’s like a spell being cast. It’s the conjuring, the manifestation, the drawing-down of Delphi from the ether. This is me calling on her soul. It’s about going up into the…

Myotis bats roosting together. Credit: Dr. Nicole Foley/Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical SciencesThe evolution of viral tolerance in Myotis bats may help scientists prevent future pandemics, say researchers at Texas A&M.Bats carry some of the deadliest zoonotic diseases that can infect both humans and animals, such as Ebola and COVID-19.In a recently published article in the journal Cell Genomics, a Texas A&M research team revealed that some species of bats are protected…

British American Tobacco reported full-year adjusted profits below consensus but backed its growth forecast for 2024, and cautioned that investment to strengthen its U.S. business would weight its performance to the second half. British American Tobacco reported full-year adjusted profits below consensus but backed its growth forecast for 2024, and cautioned that investment to strengthen its U.S. business would weight its performance to the second half. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here…

Small wooden tree-mounted boxes for bats are an increasingly common sight in B.C.'s urban parks, often resembling birdhouses except with entrances underneath.After a string of tragedies near bat boxes, B.C. scientists teamed up to investigate.What they learned over four years, they say, has changed how we should be building summertime homes for mother bats and their pups, with the species' survival at stake."For them to to raise that young they need just-right temperatures to do so," explained study co-author Cori Lausen.…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Wednesday said the British American Tobacco Nigeria Limited (BATN) and affiliated companies will pay a $110 million penalty over multiple infractions. The FCCPC announced this in a statement on Wednesday, noting that the affiliated companies are British American Tobacco Marketing (Nigeria) Limited (BATMN), British American Tobacco Plc, and British American Tobacco (Holdings) Limited. For the company and other affiliated entities to complete…

November 21, 20233min readDozens of mating bats caught on video at a Dutch church reveal an unusual use for their "huge" penisesBy Lori YoumshajekianSerotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) flying at night in Spain. Most mammals mate with penetrative sex, but one peculiar bat species with an oversize, bulbous penis seems to sweep that assumption aside. New video evidence suggests that during copulation, the male serotine bat—Eptesicus serotinus—instead uses its penis like an arm to push away the female’s tail membrane and…

In one of the strangest animal behavior discoveries this year, male serotine bats living in a church attic in the Netherlands have been captured on camera engaging in marathon sessions of non-penetrative sex – the first-ever instance of superficial-contact mating among mammals.However, the devil is in the details. Researchers from the University of Lausanne soon discovered that this very unusual mammalian behavior was a far more complex strategy, because the male serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) also happens to sport a…

It looks like flying isn’t the only unusual thing that bats can do compared to other mammals. New research has found a bat species whose males use their large penises like an arm during sex. Rather than have penetrative sex, these bats and their genitals seem to engage in close-contact “kissing”—a method widely seen in birds but never before in mammals.Inspiration Behind the Reality-TV Style for The Hunger GamesBats are one of the most plentiful mammal groups around, accounting for 20% of known species (second only to…

But vampire bats represent a new threat because they feed on the blood of other animals. Their usual victims are livestock, and occasionally wild mammals and birds. Using their sharp front teeth, they make a small incision in their victim’s skin and lap up a teaspoon or two of blood with their tongues. The bites don’t kill, but if a vampire bat is carrying rabies, the disease eventually will.Vampire bats are a particular menace to the cattle industry in Latin America. “There's a lot of cattle on landscapes where they…

Every evening, bats fly from Kasanka National Park to feed in the surrounding countryside. Credit: Christian Ziegler / Max Planck Institute of Animal BehaviorThe most accurate estimate yet has been provided by artificial intelligence and computer vision.Each year, a small forest in Zambia transforms into the site of one of the planet’s most astounding natural events. In November, the straw-colored fruit bats undertake a migration from various parts of Africa to a specific cluster of trees in Kasanka National Park. The…