Bats are an important part of the ecosystem, eating pesky insects most humans hate. Sellers market bat homes, man-made roosts, to encourage them to stick around and eat insects. Tennessee is home to ...

As backyard barbecues continue into the fall, mosquitoes appear to be mysteriously absent, raising suspicion that local bats have clocked in for their night shifts and they're working overtime. Bats ...

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Two pallid bats and a Mexican free-tailed bat at La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve in San Mateo County. Courtesy Vishal Subramanyan/ Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. When Evan Cole set foot ...

Certain animals have displayed unusual behavior when the moon crosses paths with the sun—but there are a lot of unknowns. The 2024 total solar eclipse provided some answers. Mexican free-tailed bats ...

When it comes to unexpected horror stories, humans may never beat nature at its scariest. In Germany, rats reportedly like to intercept bats near hibernation sites, killing and feasting on the local ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Don't be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn't hosting a Halloween party. Instead, it’s a ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Don't be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn't hosting a Halloween party. Instead, it's a ...

I blame “The Office” for making me wary of the potential odd encounter with a bat. (Meredith’s screams still haunt me after 18 years.) But as I scrolled through photos of bats for Magali Gauthier’s ...

A doctor is facing a misconduct hearing over allegations that he groped his junior colleagues, told them to use their chests as ping-pong bats and called one a 'bad girl'. Dr Velmurugan Kuppuswamy is ...