The main signs of a bat infestation are piles of rice grain-sized droppings and dark urine stains. Ammonia smells, scratching and squeaking at night, or bats around your yard are also common signs.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Buried deep within caves, bats — and especially their ...

Your garden can benefit from the excretory droppings of bats, known as guano, which helps enrich your soil by providing carbon and energy to support helpful microbes. These microbes play a key role in ...

Bat poop—yes, bat poop—is far more fascinating than you might think. You probably don’t give it much thought (unless it’s in your attic), but believe it or not, bat droppings have shaped history, ...

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 ...