We are better off with bats. These bat facts will make you rethink the unsung heroes of the night and learn why you should ...

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On night walks through Highgate Wood, Cindy Blaney shares the whirling wonder of the often-maligned mammals with the humans ...

It's late in the day on a muggy spring afternoon in northern Belize. A couple dozen researchers enter the Lamanai Archaeological Reserve on foot. Their objective is to catch as many different kinds of ...

When a bat appears in a bedroom or living room, the real danger is often the bite you never felt. Rabies remains almost ...

My son recently ran up to inform me he saw a "bird" fly through the living room and head upstairs. During the 18 years we've lived in our Buffalo home, we've had three such "birds" fly through it — ...

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Sometimes even bats need a sick day. Bats are renowned for the ability to be infected with viruses that can be deadly to people without showing signs of the diseases themselves. Ebola virus, Nipah ...

A wildlife rehabilitator was bitten by a rabid bat last week on North Whidbey, marking the fourth case of reported bat rabies in the state this year. Sarah Schmidt, a bat rehabilitator at Happy Valley ...

He's converted his dining room into a caged sanctuary for injured and displaced bats. His "guys," as he calls them, become tame after a day and eat out of his hand. They even purr when petted. And, in ...

Bats play a big role in food production, and they also help protect people from pesky mosquitoes that transmit diseases. Join the University of Tennessee Arboretum Society and bat rehabilitator, Susie ...

Summit County Sheriff’s Deputies last week responded to two bat-related incidents, helped capsized kayakers and investigated “suspicious” lights on Mount Royal. The following incidents occurred ...