Miramichi Leader - Miramichi,New Brunswick,Canada

Like all other mammals, bats give birth to live young, produce milk to feed their young and are warm blooded. Unlike all other mammals, bats can fly.

Little brown bats can live for 30 years

EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA

Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute report that bats significantly reduce insect abundance and damage on plants. In a lowland tropical rainforest in Panama, bats can consume roughly twice as many plant-eating insects as do birds.

Smithsonian researchers show major role of bats in plant protection

Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand

The giraffes are always hungry at Hamilton Zoo, and local residents are being given the chance to serve them up a treat.

Giraffes to help prune Hamilton’s trees

Standard Freeholder - Cornwall,Ontario,Canada

A mysterious fungus that’s wiping out bat populations in the northeastern U.S. doesn’t appear to have arrived in Ontario, according to a prominent Cornwall bat researcher.

Plenty of mystery surrounding diseased bats

Times Online - UK

Walt Disney films such as Bambi, The Jungle Book and Pocahontas have played an important role in educating the public about the environment, a new book by a University of Cambridge academic has claimed.

Walt Disney cartoons ‘contain secret messages on the environment’

BBC News - UK

Wildlife is threatened by a move to cut trees from a five-mile stretch of the River Thames, campaigners have said.

Tree cut bid ‘threatens wildlife’

Dowagiac Daily News - MI, USA

I never thought I would want a gnome in my garden.
First of all, most gnomes that I have seen to me look, well, tacky.
It would have to be a very special gnome.

Garden gnomes a bit of enchanting whimsy or tacky?

Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA

In the fall, the state’s bats head for caves and mine shafts throughout the Northeast, hibernating in huge colonies until spring comes and the insects start flying.

Epidemic killing bats

Bloomberg - USA

A happy beagle named “Uno” made history last night, becoming the first of his breed to win the 132-year-old Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York.

Beagle Breakthrough: Westminster Favorite Is Top Dog (Update3)

Environmental Graffiti - London,England,UK

An import from China is taking over British land, threatening to destroy everything in its wake.We’re not talking about an army or even lead laced toys, we’re talking about tiny deer.

Chinese Invaders Destroying British Lands