International Bat Week will be observed Oct. 24 to 31, 2025, including educational events and outings in Wisconsin.

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

For some reason October is our national Bat Appreciation Month, with Bat Appreciation Week at the end of the month including Halloween. Unfortunately, linking bats to Halloween reinforces the ...

Bats get a bad rap. They’re tied to Halloween decorations, vampire legends, and the occasional panicked reaction when one swoops through a backyard at dusk. But beyond the spooky stereotypes lies a ...

Most library-goers don’t get to enjoy a bit of nature while pursuing books; not so for Portugal’s Joanine Library. A colony of bats has called the library home since the 18th century. The fascinating ...

Indiana lawmakers have designated an official state snack (popcorn), a state gun (Grouseland Rifle), and even an official state fossil (mastodon). But Hoosier don't have a state mammal — at least not ...

Bat season is here, so don’t be shocked if the winged mammals appear in attics or if little ones learning to fly crash into picnic tables, low bushes, driveways or meet with other misfortune. “This ...

Hibernating bats, fungal infections, warm-bodied mammals, the mass extinction of the dinosaurs – one controversial theory from 2005 connects them all. White-nose syndrome, the disease now believed to ...

In recent months, interest in wildlife and the environment has grown rapidly– whether it’s about urban biodiversity or species most of us hardly notice. But while animals like tigers, elephants, and ...

The findings, published in the latest issue of the journal Science, put bats on a short list of animals that possess rare superfast muscles. The list includes rattlesnakes, which have them in their ...

I don't know which is more scarce: belfries or people who know bats. Even biologists may be ignorant about the natural behavior of animals they see only during the stress of netting and capture, but a ...