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

A new study extracts critical information from bat vocalizations to offer a rare, informative look into the world of bat communication. Bats, like humans, are extremely social mammals. They enjoy an ...

Bats are worth their weight in gold, so to speak. Overall, bats prevent $3.7 billion a year in crop damage and pesticide use in the U.S., according to Bat Conservation International, a group dedicated ...

Few creatures scare people more than bats ... and for no good reason, it turns out! Barry Petersen has the cold hard facts: Evening in Austin, Texas ... where nightlife is about wildlife. At times a ...

The bat’s association with Halloween, and things creepy and scary, is an ancient one that predates even the modern concept of Halloween. It dates back thousands of years to the Celtic festival of ...

With over 1000 living species, bats are actually one of the largest groups of mammals (besides rodents) and make up 20% of known mammal species. They range in size from the less-than-one-ounce ...

Widely regarded with fear and superstition, bats have undeserved reputations as dirty and dangerous creatures that suck blood and spread disease. Yet in reality they’re relatively benign, beneficial ...

Trivia about nature’s nocturnal flying mammals provided by the Lake County Forest Preserves, The Nature Conservancy and the Bat Conservation Trust: At birth, a young bat weights 25 percent of its ...