In a rainforest of central Belize, a wildlife ranger saw an oddly colored animal fall out of a tree. The fleeting glimpse sparked a larger search project — and revealed a first-of-its-kind sighting.

Wildlife rangers in Belize saw an oddly colored creature fall from a tree and later identified it as a Spix’s disc-winged bat with leucism. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In a rainforest ...

In hard-hit Bat Cave, security guards vanish, businesses fight closure, and locals share concerns over safety, roads, ...

They said the trees, which are of the oak variety, were already planted when they moved in. One, they said, was "struggling ...

Spending £100 million to protect vulnerable mammals shows how out of control the high-speed railway project was.