For the nearly three-year-old female bat soaring into the Spanish skies in March 2023, it was just another night of striving to feed herself. But her overnight exploits were about to become the stuff ...

The week of Halloween is also Bat Week and is meant to illustrate the important role bats, often cast as scary creatures in classic cult horror movies, play in our ecosystems. “We know that bats ...

Local bat populations are getting attention in the Phoenix area due to a recent mosquito surge ahead of Halloween. The Mexican free-tailed bats living in the Phoenix Bat Cave primarily eat larger prey ...

Leroy Davis writes: ''We live in a somewhat rural area with small ponds nearby. Obviously there is a large population of mosquitoes along with other insects, some good and some not so good. I ...

Scientists have demonstrated that Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats not only travels great distances, but also hunt at impressive altitudes of up to 1,600 meters above ground -- the altitude at which ...

In many cultures, extending back millennia, bats have been associated with the devil, witchcraft and evil-doers. Their nocturnal activities have spurned countless myths about malevolent behavior: ...

ANBSACH, Germany — Did you know that USAG Ansbach is home to 16 different bat species? Every one of them is strictly protected under German Environmental law and twelve are even on the red list of ...