WLOS By Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story CHIMNEY ROCK & BAT CAVE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Thanks to work by ...

A new stretch of N.C. Highway 9 makes Chimney Rock and Lake Lure more accessible for local residents and summer tourists.

When they emerge at night in large numbers, bats avoid colliding with each other by adjusting both their flight patterns and ...

The new leech species has three jaws, five pairs of eyes aligned in a U-shape, a disc-shaped “caudal sucker” for attachment, ...

The new cave-dwelling leech species is believed to exist solely on bat blood, according to researchers. Li, T. et al. (2025.) The leech’s specialized diet of bat blood has allowed it to survive ...