Ecologist Jim Mullholland explains why you want these nighttime visitors around your home or garden.

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 ...

When you grow close to someone, it can feel like you’re on the same wavelength. You might even finish each other’s … sentences! It’s not just a feeling, though. Research on humans has shown that this ...

Just in time for Halloween, the U.S. Forest Service will celebrate National Bat Week at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center this weekend. Youth-oriented activities and crafts will take place ...

Artificial light at night can have a disruptive effect on bats, but not if the light is red. Switching to red light may therefore limit or prevent habitat loss for rare, light-shy bat species. The ...

Bats are more active this time of year, which means the possibility of exposure to rabies increases. Bats are the most common way Michigan residents come in contact with rabies, which can spread to ...

Researchers have developed a way to study the brain of a bat as it flies, recording for the first time what happens as a roving animal focuses and refocuses its attention. Johns Hopkins University ...

The activity level of six bat species was significantly reduced at solar farm sites, researchers have observed. The activity level of six bat species was significantly reduced at solar farm sites, ...