I often used to see little brown bats swooping over my yard. Known scientifically as Myositis lucifugus, this animal is well named, for “lucifugus” is Latin for “shunning daylight,” which is ...

Bats are widely misunderstood. They are not blind and they are not rodents. In fact, most bats see very well and are more closely related to primates and humans than they are to mice or rats. They are ...

Quick Take Bats have lost a majority of their fat reserves when they wake in March. If bats wake before March, they face ...

Bats are an important part of our environment and provide us with many benefits, including insect control and fertilizer. However, bat populations in the United States are being threatened by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildlife rehabilitator Gerri Griswold holds a big brown bat, the most common of Connecticut's bat species, at the White Memorial ...