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 ...

From habitat loss to disease, bat species across Canada are facing multiple threats. As cities expand, the large old trees that bats call home are being cleared and bats are losing their roosts. In ...

Wildlife experts have a solution for mosquito haters: invite bats into your yards. Installing a bat house, experts say, is a safe, effective way to eliminate many of the pesky critters that take over ...

Ever thought about buying or building a bat box to help bats? Think carefully about the design and where you put it, researchers say. Ever thought about buying or building a bat box to help bats?

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Bat boxes are potential death traps for the winged mammals during heatwaves, new research warns. They can overheat and die in bat boxes during extreme hot weather, say scientists. They explained that ...