Disturbing a hibernating bat can be detrimental to its survival, as it depletes vital fat reserves needed to survive the winter. Bats typically seek out more suitable hibernacula in November, such as ...

Did you know that Texas has the highest number of bat species in the United States and has been designated as the most "bat friendly" state? Of the 43 bat species currently known to occur in the U. S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Oh man, you’ve just been eaten by catfish,” California Department of Fish and Wildlife interpreter Molly Shea told 6-year-old ...

The silver-haired bat is one of the most common bats in forested areas of America. It’s one of four bat species that ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bats are the longest-lived mammals relative to body size, and a species called the greater mouse-eared bat lives especially long. Researchers now have unlocked some of this ...

Are bats creepy or cute? Alabama’s own “The Bat Lady” can help you decide -- and the answer is probably going to be cute. Her “Batty for Bats” program has helped educate thousands of children and ...

IDAHO, USA — The annual Bureau of Land Management’s annual Bat Beauty Contest has ended and people may think the season of the bat is over. However, Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) said this ...

In Linfa Wang’s ideal world, all humans would be just a bit more bat-like. Wang, a biochemist and zoonotic-disease expert at Duke-NUS Medical School, in Singapore, has no illusions about people ...

BAOBABS are sometimes called “upside-down trees”, because their branches look like roots reaching skywards. Of the eight species of baobab in the world, six are confined to Madagascar, one to northern ...

SAN ANTONIO — Last month, residents at a southeast side apartment complex, the Hillside Manor Apartments, made complaints to KENS 5 about a bat infestation in one of their buildings. Residents say the ...