On night walks through Highgate Wood, Cindy Blaney shares the whirling wonder of the often-maligned mammals with the humans below. Cindy Blaney in Highgate Wood, London.Credit... Supported by By ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 2, 2026) Texas-based pecan orchard Swift River Pecans is collaborating with local conservation nonprofit Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation “so they could collect more ...

SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) -- Poles 20 feet in the air, with cameras attached to metal boxes, are popping up in Sugar Land neighborhoods, leaving some wondering what they are. Recently, two ...

DEAR JOAN: A few years ago we were having bats nest in the top of the columns of our protected front porch. The only way we could get rid of them was to insert cardboard into the spaces after they had ...

UW-Madison's Bat Brigade meets weekly April through October at Lakeshore Nature Preserve to collect data about different bat species on campus. The group uses a device called an Echo Meter, which ...

Bat Week across Connecticut is in full swing ahead of Halloween. According to Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), it’s a chance to help create a better reputation ...

Russ Benedict from Central College holds a big brown bat during a bat population survey at Big Hollow Recreation Area in Sperry, Iowa, on July 12, 2023. The northern long-eared bat is a threatened ...

It is Bat Week, an international celebration of the flying mammals and their importance. I visited the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to get some bat facts. Bats get a bad rap. Maybe it's Bram Stoker's ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Halloween is near, and you've probably seen bats used in home and yard displays during the past month. With that visibility in mind, the New York State Department of Environmental ...

Bats are amazing creatures that zip through the night skies on a mission: To hunt and devour insects. “Most bats are insectivores and feed on large numbers of insects and agricultural pests,” says ...

Staying cool during heatwaves is challenging for small creatures, but the problem could be even more extreme for nocturnal creatures that are unable to move to cooler locations while slumbering.

The National Park Service announced in September that the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats was found at San Juan Island National Historical Park in Washington and on bat droppings at ...