Bats are widely misunderstood. They are not blind and they are not rodents. In fact, most bats see very well and are more closely related to primates and humans than they are to mice or rats. They are ...

My friends might say that I may sometimes have batty ideas. Just now, however, I do have my mind on bats, real ones that occur in Southeast Alaska. There are now six species of bat known to be ...

I often used to see little brown bats swooping over my yard. Known scientifically as Myositis lucifugus, this animal is well named, for “lucifugus” is Latin for “shunning daylight,” which is ...

Public awareness of bats typically peaks around Halloween in the U.S., mostly due to holiday displays and costumes. If Hollywood releases another Batman movie, attention to the species' spikes then, ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said that two little brown bats with white-nose syndrome were found recently in Boulder County. Little brown bats are an endangered species of bat found in Canada ...