Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just in time for Halloween, Bat Appreciation Week is coming. Celebrated Oct. 24 through Oct. 31, Bat Appreciation Week is an ...

Leroy Davis writes: ''We live in a somewhat rural area with small ponds nearby. Obviously there is a large population of mosquitoes along with other insects, some good and some not so good. I ...

With Halloween coming in a couple of days, you are seeing plenty of Halloween decorations that are intended to instill a little bit of fear, including some displays containing bats. The fear of bats, ...

Fan of backyard barbecues but don't care for mosquitos? Consider putting up a bat house, also called a bat box. Thirteen species of bats call Florida home, and all of them spend their nights feasting ...

Did you know that Texas has more bat species than any other state in the U.S.? Of the 47 bat species in America, we have 32. Texas also has the largest known bat colony in the world at Bracken Cave ...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Some species of bats are eating spotted lanternflies, an invasive insect that’s caused millions of dollars of damage to trees and crops since its arrival in the United ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bats are an indicator species which lets us know that the environment is doing well. When we have bats in our garden, akin to ...

DENVER — Dracula might have given bats a not-so-good-reputation as creatures that swoop through the night in search of unsuspecting humans to suck their blood. Tina Jackson wants to dispel those myths ...

With the humid heat of summer often come the familiar buzz of bugs in your ears and the pinch of mosquitoes biting into your skin. The heroes we need? Bats. Iowa is home to nine species of bats.

When I was a kid, we had a book called “Animals Nobody Loves,” in which the author, Ronald Rood, introduced readers to “nature’s most misunderstood and maligned creatures” such as rats, snakes, ...