The fear of creepy crawlies has been stoked to frenzied levels with news of the impending arrival of the Joro flying spider, a giant venomous spider that doesn’t really fly so much as float, but, well ...

When a bat appears in a bedroom or living room, the real danger is often the bite you never felt. Rabies remains almost ...

TODDVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - Pumpkins, ghosts, spiders, and bats, all decorations that people decorate their doorsteps with in October. As the sun gets lower in the sky the bats that fly across Iowa’s ...

Bats aren’t much different from any other creature. “They’re looking for three things: food, shelter, and water,” says Kyle Morgan of Care Pest Pros, a pest control company in Spicewood, Texas. Your ...

Few mammals are as misunderstood as bats. Many people think of them as somewhat creepy creatures that carry disease and get tangled in hair. But bats, in addition to being pollinators, provide another ...

Bats are an important part of the ecosystem, eating pesky insects most humans hate. Sellers market bat homes, man-made roosts, to encourage them to stick around and eat insects. Tennessee is home to ...

Most library-goers don’t get to enjoy a bit of nature while pursuing books; not so for Portugal’s Joanine Library. A colony of bats has called the library home since the 18th century. The fascinating ...

Bats are all around, but due to their nocturnal nature, Baton Rouge residents do not see them often. Misconceptions about the flying mammals abound, despite their significance to ecological systems.