Due to 'the good life' in the city, urban bats give birth earlier than rural bats / Bats play shown to play a key role in combating rice pests in Southeast Asia / New tools give researchers hope for fungus-ravaged US bats / Vampire bats' metabolism mirrors that of blood-sucking insects, biologists find / The fungus among us: California's bats under siege / The mortality rate of bats at modern-day swimming pools is comparable to that at Messel 47 million years ago / Loss of bats to lethal fungus linked to 1,300 child deaths in US, study says / Some bats are surviving and thriving with blood sugar levels that would be lethal for other mammals / This Belizean scientist wants to protect her country's forests -- with the help of bats / A scientist in Belize hopes bats can galvanize locals to protect their forests