FARGO - Mike West was walking with family members in Orchard Glen park in far south Fargo this past summer when they noticed something ominous. "There was, like, a ceiling of mosquitoes coming down," ...

Wildlife experts have a solution for mosquito haters: invite bats into your yards. Installing a bat house, experts say, is a safe, effective way to eliminate many of the pesky critters that take over ...

December is a season of gratitude—and this year, we're shining a light on MassWildlife's volunteer bat house monitoring ...

Two little eyes peer up at a tiny wooden box, eagerly searching for signs of bats. My 3-year-old daughter does this several times a week even though I’ve told her it’d be months before a bat likely ...

DEAR JOAN: A few years ago we were having bats nest in the top of the columns of our protected front porch. The only way we could get rid of them was to insert cardboard into the spaces after they had ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Living in Florida, we, unfortunately, know just how pesky insects can be — especially this time of year. But rather than ramping up on screens and bug spray, one ...

MEADVILLE ― In 2000, Terry Lobdell saw something he could never forget. With a flashlight, he peeked into one of the first bat houses he ever made attached to a post in his backyard. Thirty little ...

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.