A Penn project could help keep urban bats out of your attic and support them in their fight against a deadly disease.

“Hoary bats don’t need Polyjuice potion to change their appearance, but instead wrap themselves in their own tails to mimic leaves and hide from predators.” If the Bat Beauty Contest had a ...

Chances are you have a LBD, black fabric and some hot glue chillin’ in your closet somewhere — and if you do, you’ve got yourself one adorable bat costume. Just add some sleek black heels ...

If you’re unfamiliar, the Bat Beauty Contest is an annual online competition run by the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), ...

If a lone bat flies into your home, simply open all the doors and windows and allow it to find its own way out. If this is not successful, take a large towel or blanket, throw it over the animal, ...

Hoary Potter, the hoary bat from Oregon, has won his final duel! On Halloween—the last day of International Bat Week—he ...

It is estimated that bats save Idaho farmers $313 million a year on pest control. "If you don't like mosquitoes and you don't like pests eating your crops, you have bats to thank for their pest ...

NEW YORK — A man says he was beaten with his own baseball bat on a subway in SoHo early Monday morning. The victim told CBS News New York's Alecia Reid the attack came out of nowhere ...

Bats are afraid of people and avoid them. Bat echolocation is highly sophisticated and enables them to detect obstacles as fine as human hair, therefore easily avoiding your head. If a bat gets ...

With faces that conjure vampire movies, long pointy ears and gnarly canine teeth, bats can look like the stuff of nightmares; and now is the time to kick them out of your attic or roof as bat ...

If you have had contact with a bat or wild animal, visit rabies.utah.gov and use our rabies exposure assessment tool or call your local health department to find out your risk for rabies and learn ...