Bats are widely misunderstood. They are not blind and they are not rodents. In fact, most bats see very well and are more closely related to primates and humans than they are to mice or rats. They are ...

International Bat Week will be observed Oct. 24 to 31, 2025, including educational events and outings in Wisconsin.

Estimates say as many as a million bats may hibernate inside the Millie Mine shaft. Here's when you can see them take flight.

With Halloween upon us, spooky symbols of the holiday abound — including bats. It just so happens to also be International Bat Week, which celebrates the role of bats in nature. Coincidence? Perhaps ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...