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

Montana has lots of tourist attractions, from national parks to fly fishing and skiing. But night tours of bat habitats are the hot new thing.

Somewhere in Locust Valley — we are not at liberty to disclose the precise location — there is a house with a wide wraparound porch that every spring becomes a maternity colony for an extended family ...

Massachusetts biologist Elise Stanmyer scrambled into the dark of an abandoned World War II military building. She whispered so she wouldn’t wake its winged residents. Her headlamp illuminated one ...

Bats are an important part of the ecosystem, eating pesky insects most humans hate. Sellers market bat homes, man-made roosts, to encourage them to stick around and eat insects. Tennessee is home to ...

Just in time for Halloween, bat week is starting on Oct. 24. An international event, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife says that the week is meant to raise awareness about bat ...

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 ...

The New Jersey Division of New Jersey Fish and Wildlife is asking residents to keep an eye out for bats and provide officials with reports on sightings. Researchers use several methods to track ...

Public awareness of bats typically peaks around Halloween in the U.S., mostly due to holiday displays and costumes. If Hollywood releases another Batman movie, attention to the species' spikes then, ...