URBANA, Ill. — Imagine moving into a new house just to discover it has no insulation. That’s what life can be like for a bat box resident. Bat boxes, a kind of artificial roost, are a simple and ...

Bat boxes are potential death traps for the winged mammals during heatwaves, new research warns. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment, state legislature ...

LOWELL, Mich. — A local Boy Scout is using his Eagle Scout project for Lowell Troop 102 to help save the bats in West Michigan. Sam Konyndyk planned and built eight bat boxes, which are man-made ...

The scouts of Brownie Troop 80124 recently donated three bat boxes to the parks department. Each bat house has space for 70 bats, and they were hung on telephone poles in Waterworth Memorial Park near ...

Staying cool during heatwaves is challenging for small creatures, but the problem could be even more extreme for nocturnal creatures that are unable to move to cooler locations while slumbering.

156 bat pups fell from a palm tree in Naples, Florida, and were rescued by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. 11 of the pups had to be euthanized due to injuries, while the remaining 145 were ...

Bat boxes are potential death traps for the winged mammals during heatwaves, new research warns. They can overheat and die in bat boxes during extreme hot weather, say scientists. They explained that ...