Want to celebrate our fabulous flying nocturnal animal, the bat, but don’t want to wait until Halloween? You’re in luck because Aug. 27 is International Bat Night. Before the celebrations begin, let's ...

The image above is a spectogram of an evening bat call from the spring 2023 Evanston Campus Bat Walk. Since bat calls emit at a frequency too high for humans to hear, bats are identified according to ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with Central Lakes College, has discovered a bat species new to Minnesota: the evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis). “It’s very exciting ...

Janet Debelak Tyburec, of Bat Survey Solutions, measures the ears of an evening bat on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 at Swift River Pecans in Lockhart, Texas. These bats eat lots of different insects in ...

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — A tiny bat began its journey to recovery at a Florida wildlife rehabilitation center this week after it was found on a sidewalk unable to move. In a social media post, the ...

Bats are one of Halloween’s most famous symbols, but their real job is an important part of ecosystems and agriculture. One William & Mary professor hopes the public can learn to appreciate the flying ...

On a clear September night along the San Marcos River in central Texas, a handful of people in headlamps gathered around a small, noisy creature: an evening bat. Melissa Donnelly, a science specialist ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with Central Lakes College, has discovered a bat species new to Minnesota, the evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis). The bat was caught in ...