I was comforted to hear that I wasn't the only one who'd been awakened in the dead of night by a bat flying around the house. “We’ve gotten tons of calls for bats this week,” said Nate Atwater, a ...

Many people begin to think about scary things as the Halloween season approaches and bats are often among the things that elicit fear and dread. Hollywood’s portrayal of bats are primarily negative ...

A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they ...

The stereotypical image of blood-sucking creatures is gone. In reality, bats are docile and help our ecosystems run smoothly.

SEATTLE (AP) — With their playoff chances slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found a painful new way to lose. A flying bat. A momentary memory lapse. And a bizarre double play. “I don’t think I’ve ...

Move over Batman, there's a new flying mammal making news. While taping their Good Morning Tennessee program, ABC affiliate WATE in Knoxville had a bat fly into their studio. The anchors become ...

"Lots of things fly at night," says Harlan Gough, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nightfall can set the stage for an acrobatic high-stakes drama in the air — a swirl of ...

A GOOD REMINDER TO CHECK YOUR ATTICS, BATS ARE RETURNING TO THE AREA THIS TIME OF YEAR, OFTEN WEASELING THEIR WAY INTO VENTS OF PEOPLE’S HOMES. AND IF YOU DISCOVER ABOUT PROBLEM IN YOUR ATTIC BETWEEN ...

Editor's note: Additional advice on how to handle a bat encounter has been added to this story. I was comforted to hear that I wasn't the only one who'd been awakened in the dead of night by a bat ...