A well-placed bat box can support local wildlife while helping reduce the number of mosquitoes buzzing around your backyard.

A bat found in Douglas County has tested positive for rabies and has been confirmed as the county’s first rabid bat since 2021.

The ears of bat-eared foxes can grow up to 5.3 inches long. For an animal that stands 11.8-15.7 inches at the shoulder, that’s enormous. Bat-eared foxes use these specialized ears to locate termites, ...

The Cook County Animal and Rabies Control may be reached at (708) 974-6140.

More Wyoming residents than ever will have an opportunity to view and hear multiple species of bats during seven free Summer ...

Studies have demonstrated that ~60%–80% of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in humans originated from wild life. Bats are natural reservoirs of a large variety of viruses, including many important ...

Angela Nelson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning digital editor and storyteller who covered a variety of general interest stories on MNN (now part of Treehugger) from 2014-2019. If a bat has found its way ...

Long before Spanish Conquistadors and Christopher Columbus returned to Europe with stories of blood-sipping bats, European communities were telling tales of undead monsters called vampires. But the ...

Ever thought about buying or building a bat box to help bats? Think carefully about the design and where you put it, University of Illinois researchers say. Here's why: Bats and their pups can ...