Bats tend to have a bad rep with people (well, maybe outside the goth community, anyway). These creatures of the night are frequently accused of sucking blood, spreading rabies, and generally giving ...

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THAT ENDS WITH QUITE THE SHOW. HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO THE BAT TALK TONIGHT. IT’S AN EXPERIENCE UNIQUE TO YOLO COUNTY. LET’S GET INTO LEARNING MORE ABOUT BATS. IT STARTS WITH A PRESENTATION ...

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 ...

Bats don’t always live in caves. In California, the largest urban colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under a busy interstate in Yolo County, according to the Yolo Basin Foundation. At its height, ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is Bat Week, an international celebration of the flying mammals and their importance. I visited the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to get some bat facts. Bats get a bad rap. Maybe it's Bram Stoker's ...

"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 ...

We all know that bats are masters of the night, with their high-pitched calls and whisper-quiet wings, weaving through tangled trees and swooping in on insects in total darkness. But exactly how they ...

The large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) is a Southeast Asian species of megabat. In China, bats are said to bring good luck. Ancient Egyptians believed they could cure an array of diseases. But ...

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 ...