Disturbing a hibernating bat can be detrimental to its survival, as it depletes vital fat reserves needed to survive the winter. Bats typically seek out more suitable hibernacula in November, such as ...

Bats across Indiana are waking from hibernation and moving out of their caves in search of food. These flying mammals play a vital role in Indiana’s ecosystem and even its economy. Feeding on beetles, ...

Bat hibernation season begins in Vermont and northern New York. Experts break down the safe ways to send these flying mammals on their way ...

An ultraviolet light is used to kill the fungus that causes white-nosed syndrome in bats, in an Upper Peninsula mine where bats hibernate in the winter. Since 2006, the fungal disease has killed ...

Deep in a cool, damp cave in Vermont, tens of thousands of furry, chocolate brown creatures stir. The little brown bats, survivors of a deadly fungus that decimated their population, went into ...

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN footage has captured a rat snatching a bat out of the air and eating it, sparking disease spillover ...

Bat Week kicked off on Tuesday across the country, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is highlighting the importance of bats in the state. Michigan is home to nine species of bats, and ...

Iowa law specifically states that wild bats are a protected nongame species. Wild bats are a part of a list of animals ...

North Carolina's tricolored bats are unstable, among several species of bats quickly dying off in the dark. The bats eat the ...