DEC asks hikers to avoid caves and mines during fall and winter to protect endangered bats during hibernation. Bat Week runs Oct. 24-31 to raise awareness about conservation efforts.

In many parts of Canada, bears are preparing for hibernation. During this time of the year, a bear can consume 20,000 ...

While the rest of nature rises and slumbers to lunar and solar cycles, humans work and sleep to the resetting of their artificial clocks.

A Japanese governor on Tuesday called for help from the military to deal with a spate of "truly dire" deadly bear attacks, ...

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Why do we turn the clocks forward and backward twice a year? Academics, scientists, politicians, economists, employers, ...

Discover 10 animals believed to detect natural disasters before humans, from elephants sensing tsunamis to dogs reacting ...

Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed two female brown bears, Ash and Lexi, who made their debut Monday after coming to Chicago from Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. The bears, who are aunt and niece but ...

October is bats' time in the spotlight, although they are mostly portrayed as spooky and creepy. The truth is, bats are more ...

Public health officials are warning Kentuckians that since it’s fall, bats are going to become more active in the state.

In the face of devastating population loss throughout the region, every bat that the Pennsylvania Bat Conservation and Rehabilitation is able to save is making a difference.