Dusk had settled and all but a few drops of rain seemed to be staying away as one big brown bat after another was gently pulled from pet carriers. Held aloft by volunteers gently cradling the world’s ...

A growing number of bats in the U.S. are becoming infected with a potentially deadly fungus, leading to warnings from experts and conservation groups of a potential devastation of America's bat ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Mid-August is prime time for bat activity, and health departments in our region are seeing a huge increase in the number of calls from people who have encountered a bat in their home ...

Two pallid bats and a Mexican free-tailed bat at La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve in San Mateo County. Courtesy Vishal Subramanyan/ Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. When Evan Cole set foot ...

There's hope for two of the Vermont bat species hit hardest by white-nose syndrome, but one is close to extinction.

My friends might say that I may sometimes have batty ideas. Just now, however, I do have my mind on bats, real ones that occur in Southeast Alaska. There are now six species of bat known to be ...

Bats are an important part of our environment and provide us with many benefits, including insect control and fertilizer. However, bat populations in the United States are being threatened by the ...

Unfounded claims that bats get stuck in people’s hair, that all bats have rabies, and Hollywood’s influence (for example, the concept of blood-sucking vampires) often put bats in a negative light. The ...

Spring is when bats emerge from hibernation. They should not be feared, nor should they be handled, for the health of bats ...