“You may already have a lot of plants that attract the insects that bats need to feed from, things like ox-eye daisies, ...

Fluttering overhead at night, quiet except for their squeaks, bats can be easily overlooked, but these small mammals play a big role in the ecosystem. Bats are also at risk. Illinois is home to 13 ...

“They are an indicator species which lets us know that the environment is doing well where we are,” she says. “When we have ...

Derogatory expressions like “dingbat,” “going batty” and “blind as a bat” seem ingrained in the American lexicon. For starters, bats are not blind, but many bat myths abound. Bats are valuable ...

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term census of bats designed to complement the bird census, which will celebrate its ...

The first Sunday of every month, you can join researchers from the Smithsonian Bat Lab to get a close-up look at Panama’s bats Olivia Milloway Victoria Flores and Sara Vásquez inspect a bat at Bat ...