Epidemic-causing viruses are linked to a small number of bat families, not bats as a whole, improving outbreak prevention ...

On night walks through Highgate Wood, Cindy Blaney shares the whirling wonder of the often-maligned mammals with the humans ...

It may sound unusual that a little bug could be this deadly, but it’s true. Mosquitoes spread diseases like malaria, yellow ...

It’s tough being a bat. Movies show bats turning into Dracula. Bats swarming you to get to your neck, get in a bite, and suck your blood. Then there’s the one where bats get caught in the locks of ...

Summer's here and after a wet spring in many parts of Australia, mosquitoes are out in force. Insect repellent has become a routine requirement for time outdoors. A bite from a mosquito can be itchy ...

With Halloween celebrations only hours away, many homes, cards and costumes are decorated with images of bats. Most are barely accurate, as the scare factor is more important to the cause, which of ...

Janet Debelak Tyburec of Bat Survey Solutions measures the ears of an evening bat at Swift River Pecans in Lockhart. These bats eat lots of different insects in the orchard. On a clear September night ...

On a clear September night along the San Marcos River in Central Texas, a handful of people in headlamps gathered around a small, noisy creature: an evening bat. Melissa Donnelly, a science specialist ...

Bat Week — that’s this week, for those not paying attention to their bat calendars — kicked off in Grant County with a Saturday community agave planting on the Boston Hill Open Space. Participants ...

While there has been a recent surge in mosquitoes across the Valley, bats can be credited as helpful predator for insect control. FOX 10's Steve Nielsen checks out the Phoenix Bat Cave, where ...

Janet Debelak Tyburec, of Bat Survey Solutions, measures the ears of an evening bat on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 at Swift River Pecans in Lockhart, Texas. These bats eat lots of different insects in ...