the black bat flower is an exotic plant that adds a touch of mystery to any garden. Native to forests in Asia and Australia, this unique understory variety, sometimes called tiger beard or cat's ...

because well-fed bats will visit fewer flowers. But if a plant is too stingy, a bat will take its services elsewhere. Over millennia, bat-pollinated plants have evolved a neat solution ...

Dubbed the "Bat Man of Mexico," Medellín convinced agave farmers to set aside part of their land to allow the plants there to flower and be pollinated. He also worked with a nonprofit to ...