Just in time for Halloween, Bat Appreciation Week is coming. Celebrated Oct. 24 through Oct. 31, Bat Appreciation Week is an international celebration to raise awareness for bat conservation. There ...

Get to know the bat-eared fox, an insect-eating creature found in the grasslands and savannas of Africa (and also the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.) Mike Bock This peculiar-looking canine lives in the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Bats eat nighttime insects, like mosquitoes, and prevent their populations from getting out of control. However, despite our ...

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 ...

Bats eat insects, a lot of them, every night. In Florida, there are 13 native bat species. It is illegal to kill bats in Florida. Just in time for Halloween, Bat Appreciation Week is coming.