But when the chill months come and insects disappear, torpor comes over them and with it a longing for their own cave, the same spot where they have spent previous winters. Bats sometimes fly 100 ...

The skin of dwarf crocodiles found living in a cave in Gabon is turning orange from swimming in guano. It's unclear how long ...

We had spent the morning combing the hills of Biche for a cave system long forgotten by children, now grown men ... it’s just a big hole with bats and everybody don’t like bats.

Several years ago, on assignment for National Geographic, I ventured inside a cave in Uganda to photograph a roost of roughly 100,000 Egyptian fruit bats ... three of our kids were there ...