Birds aren't the only wildlife that could use some shelter from the elements in people's yards. Bats need some housing, too, during the summer and certainly before winter comes around again. "A thread ...

Artificial roosts for bats, also known as "bat boxes", can reach deadly temperatures during heatwaves, a study has found. Climate change-driven heatwave rises may make historically safe roosts ...

Bats sometimes get a bad rap, but these fascinating facts show how they pollinate plants, control insects and thrive in the ...

HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) – A Henderson Boy Scout builds several bat boxes and installs them at Audubon State Park. Park officials ...

A York County Boy Scout is helping to save the endangered little brown bat by distributing bat houses for the tiny mammals to winter over. “Bats are a very integral and important part of the ...

URBANA, Ill. - 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 ...

URBANA, Ill. – Bat box designs vary widely, but many commercial varieties remain untested and risk cooking the animals they’re designed to shelter. Often small and painted dark colors, these boxes may ...

We’re admitting it from the get-go, we are batty and we’re proud of it. And of course Austin is known for it’s accelerated bat population. Most of us are happy to just let them be wild and free, but ...

Flying night dwellers could soon call the University of Montana campus home. Senior ecology student Solomon Ziegert is in the final stages of installing his “bat box” for the ethnobotany garden ...

Bats might be creatures of the night, but they require the warmth of the sun to keep their house heated. The location for the box should get 6 to 8 hours of sun, and the entrance should face west, ...

A former pumping station and a World War Two pillbox have been converted into accommodation for bats in two separate projects ...

People have been advised to immediately report to Animal Control any bat found inside, or outdoors if the bat appears sick, ...