Too often, popular misconceptions have labeled bats as "dirty," "disease carriers," or "blood suckers," an unenviable—and unjust—reputation to be sure. In reality, the more than 1,300 bat species are ...

The data show that 52 percent of all bat species are at severe risk of population decline in just 15 years and more than 82 percent of all species will be impacted by climate change. The researchers ...

Around half of the 154 bat species across North America are at risk of severe population decline in the next 15 years, the report found, with nearly all of the U.S.-based species either considered ...

The backstory. Rare Air: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies & Bees is on display right now at the James Museum in St. Petersburg, and the exhibit showcases the art of Sarah Kaisar.

Although various bat species eat different kinds of food, the vast majority consume a variety of insects such as moths, beetles, gnats, and crickets. In this respect, the bat's nocturnal behavior ...

As white-nose syndrome drive species declines, conflicts are ramping up between endangered bats and coastal development. Charleston's Point Hope is one example.

This is the seventh update to Michigan’s list of threatened and endangered species in nearly 50 years, this time adding 58 rare species to the list and removing 36 species.

FLORIDA, USA — Maternity season for Florida's 13 "native and beneficial bat species" starts Wednesday, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). For Floridians ...

Researchers in Tibet’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau discover new species, Chayu tube-nosed bat, with distinct tube-like nostrils in “understudied” forest ecosystem.

Texas is the “battiest” state, home to 32 of the country’s 47 bat species — and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, nowhere may prove that better than the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A recent ...