Below are Hick’s thoughts on a number of issues from his talk and interviews with the Explorer.

Fears of a wider war grew after President Trump called yesterday for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and mentioned the ...

The animals that plummeted 85 feet into Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave provide a layered history of life dating back to the ...

The number of breeding ducks in North Dakota is above the long-term average, but the population has declined for a second ...

Dehradun: A new bat species, the Himalayan long-tailed myotis (Myotis himalaicus), has been discovered in the high-altitude forests of Uttarakhand, pa.

A new-to-science Himalayan bat has blurred the India-Pakistan divide. A team of Indian scientists documented 29 species of bats during a series of surveys in the Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand ...

In some cases, the aerial mammals have infected people directly. But in other cases, scientists believe, bats have passed deadly viruses onto other animal species, which subsequently infected humans.

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently conducted its annual spring breeding duck survey, which showed a decline ...

A photo shows the new species’ “dense, soft and relatively long” hair. Overall, the mouse-eared bat’s fur is “dark brown” with some lighter hues mixed in and a paler golden-brown belly.

Scientists caught soft brown bat with strong claws in net trap in forests and discovered an elusive new species: Himalayan long-tailed Myotis, study said.

A fringe-lipped bat zeroes in on its dinner. This species of bat listens for calls to identify which amphibians are safe to eat. Photograph By Grant Maslowski ByElizabeth Landau April 29, 2025 ...