Get To Know The Bloodthirsty (But Cuddly) Vampire Bat
The overwhelming majority of bats are friends of humanity. They gobble up the insects that bite us and ruin our crops. They pollinate flowers and they replant forests by spreading seeds around. But as...
View ArticleSpeedy brain mechanism helps bats get louder if needed
When trying to be heard over noise, humans and animals raise their voices. It’s a split-second feat, from ear to brain to vocalization, and Johns Hopkins University researchers are the first to measure...
View ArticleFungus disease forces park to cancel bat watches
A mysterious white fungus is decimating bat populations at Devil’s Lake State Park. The fungus, pseudogymnoascus destructans, causes a disease known as white-nose syndrome in cave-dwelling bats. First...
View ArticleA Wisconsin Fair exhibit educates on bat importance
What animal has wings, lives in a cave and is at the North Wisconsin State Fair this year? Bats! While most think the night animal is scary, the Organization for Bat Conservation, known as the bat...
View ArticleSounding the Alarm for Baby Bat Safety
One way. Exit only. No entry. Get the idea? Many Michigan homeowners are desperately hoping to send that message to some recently discovered houseguests – bats. The message isn’t falling on deaf ears,...
View Article‘BatBnB’ Is Proving That Bats Can Be Awesome Neighbors
Bats have a serious image problem. Associated with Halloween, vampires and rabies, the flying mammals ― which, by the way, are not rodents ― tend to scare people or gross them out. But they shouldn’t,...
View ArticleHow to get rid of bats (or birds) in your chimney
Q: A new neighbor has bats in the chimney. How do we find someone to remove them? Salisbury, Md. A: First, your neighbor should make sure it’s really bats. Although they do occasionally roost in old...
View ArticleBats are everywhere tonight in Houston!
HOUSTON – Summer nights in our city means, heat, humidity … and BATS! Welcome to the time of year our resident Mexican Free-Tails fly in the hundreds of thousands, from our local bridges to your...
View ArticleAre you going batty with bats this summer?
If you think you’re seeing more bats around, you’re not alone. According to the Okanagan Community Bat Program, mid-summer is the time when landowners notice more bat activity, even occasionally flying...
View ArticleHow to Start a Garden – The Ultimate Guide
I have gardened for many, many years and have many, many books ranging from communing with nature spirits to controlling pests with their natural enemies. What are the most important lessons I have...
View ArticleBats are disappearing from churches in Sweden
Bats in Europe are regular churchgoers. In fact, they often take up residence in the quiet upper areas of a church, whether an attic, steeple, or belfry. Those areas don’t tend to be that popular with...
View ArticleBats are our allies, and they are dying
At dusk it’s easy to miss things in the low light. For example, I miss bats. They used to be frequent fliers around here, relatively easy to spy overhead as the summer days faded. How many years has it...
View ArticleThis Software Could Help Protect Birds & Bats
One of the biggest disadvantages of wind energy is that it kills bats and other avian creatures when they collide on the large blades of wind turbines. Researchers from the Pacific Northwest National...
View ArticleNew Alberta bat program offers tools to fend off WNS
With the threat of a deadly bat fungus looming over Alberta, the province has revved up its bat monitoring program. Technology to analyze bat echolocation calls has been around for years, but...
View ArticleHow to get a bat out of your house
So you have a bat in your belfry, huh? Wanting to get rid of it is understandable. Sure, there are benefits to having bats around; they eat pesky mosquitoes, moths and beetles, for example. But their...
View ArticleWisconsin Bat Festival at the Mitchell Park Domes
MILWAUKEE — You know the phrase “blind as a bat?” It’s inherently inaccurate. Bats can actually see just fine. This is one of the many things experts hope to teach folks on Saturday, August 26th when...
View ArticleVolunteers try to save colony of bats from Houston floods
As Houston residents walks across the Waugh Bridge in the wake of Hurricane Harvey they were met with a startling sight — hundreds of dead and struggling bats floating in the water below. The bridge, a...
View ArticleElco mine given to OBC, home to endangered species
ELCO — Tucked back into the woods at the mouth of a mine, miles from any main road, was an unusual sight — a ceremonial key was given for an abandoned silica mine that last saw action in 1978. A dozen...
View ArticleAuSable Valley Audubon Selected for Michigan Bat Monitoring
AuSable Valley Audubon was among the Michigan groups selected by the Organization for Bat Conservation to participate in the Michigan Bat Monitoring Program and to conduct an acoustic bat monitoring...
View Article11th annual Bat Festival event draws curiosity-seekers
Even though Saturday’s event at the Indiana State University Science Building marked the 11th year for the Indiana Bat Festival, one of the coordinators admits that some of the same questions get asked...
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