Bats might be creatures of the night, but they require the warmth of the sun to keep their house heated. The location for the box should get 6 to 8 hours of sun, and the entrance should face west, ...

Montana has lots of tourist attractions, from national parks to fly fishing and skiing. But night tours of bat habitats are the hot new thing.

Bats love to munch on insects like stink bugs and moths. Some farmers are now relying on the mammals for pest control – and ...

FENTRESS, Texas (KXAN) — Troy Swift counted 397 bats swarming out of a tall home near San Marcos one evening. It was the most the pecan farmer had seen since the home had been built several years ...

Bats love to munch on insects like stink bugs and moths. Some farmers are now relying on the mammals for pest control — and ...

“Quite a few people put up bat houses around here,” said Ross Winton, wildlife biologist with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game in Jerome. “They put them up as roost boxes during the summer, ...

Bats are an important part of the ecosystem, eating pesky insects most humans hate. Sellers market bat homes, man-made roosts, to encourage them to stick around and eat insects. Tennessee is home to ...