A well-placed bat box can support local wildlife while helping reduce the number of mosquitoes buzzing around your backyard.

Waynesburg will become the latest location to host bat boxes as the population slowly recovers from a syndrome that decimated bat colonies around the country. The council voted at its September ...

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. — Imagine moving into a new house just to discover it has no insulation. That’s what life can be like for a bat box resident. Bat boxes, a kind of artificial roost, are a simple and ...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Despite bats' unpopularity with some people, a Michigan scout has stepped up to protect these essential creatures by providing them with safe roosting spots. Sam Konyndyk, a ...

Florida’s bonneted bats are one of the rarest bats in the U.S. Sadly, they are in danger of extinction, with only around 1,000 or fewer individuals remaining. They live only within a restricted range ...

Two Girl Scouts, Lily Kndsen and Sarah Kuehn, have built and installed six “bat boxes” on two buildings in the historic Edgeley Grove Farm in Fallston to give bats a place to shelter and protect their ...

New research looks at the effect of bat box design and placement on the energetic balance of endangered Indiana bats. Imagine if you had to catch every bite of your dinner with your mouth, while ...

Florida bonneted bats are critically rare, with fewer than 1,000 individuals living only in southern Florida. Habitat loss and competition for tree cavities are forcing bats into human homes, ...