Scientists have discovered that bat pollination, or chiropterophily, involves complex interactions between species. Bats have evolved specialized tongues that can reach deep into tubular flowers ...

These flowers are being pollinated, but through self-pollination ... Much like the hummingbird, the fruit bat prefers pendulous flowers so that it can fly in place while feeding.

The driving force behind the bat-flower partnership is not romance but the primary business of life: survival and reproduction. Trading nectar for pollination is a delicate transaction ...

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 ...

They get this nectar on their faces and bodies as they move from flower to flower ... dark provide necessary nectar and help in the bat’s pollination effort. Many people have birdhouses in ...