President Donald Trump received a mix of cheers and boos at Monday night's national championship game between Indiana University and the University of Miami. Trump was shown on screens at Hard Rock ...

So far this year, 21 bats in the county have tested positive for rabies. People who find a bat shouldn't touch it. More bats have tested positive for rabies this year in Ventura County than in at ...

Highlands, North Carolina — In the North Carolina town of Highlands, about 20 feet below ground in a goldmine from the 1800s, there is a race against time to save a bat population whose numbers are ...

Search and rescue missions often happen in areas that are difficult for humans to navigate due to extreme weather, rough terrain, or dangerous conditions like smoke or dust. A researcher at Worcester ...

Sarah Venter receives funding from the Baobab Foundation. Baobabs are sometimes called “upside-down trees”, because their branches look like roots reaching skywards. Of the eight species of baobab in ...

Bats play crucial roles in biodiverse ecosystems the world over, yet they’re often overlooked in conservation planning. New research from Vietnam indicates the existing network of protected areas ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The sun was just starting to set as ...

Six species of North American bats—big brown bats (pictured), eastern red bats, Seminole bats, southeastern myotis, gray bats and Brazilian free-tailed bats—glow green under ultraviolet light, new ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary, and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for many, the celebrations conjure up images of two specific animals: spiders and ...

Brad Westrich is realizing his childhood dream as he works with bats in Indiana. Growing up in New Mexico and visiting nearby Carlsbad Caverns as a child, Westrich always was fascinated by bats and ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Don’t be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: The robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn’t hosting a Halloween party. Instead, it’s a ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa has nine species of bats, two of which are federally endangered species. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources highlighted its frequent bat surveys ...