The fear of creepy crawlies has been stoked to frenzied levels with news of the impending arrival of the Joro flying spider, a giant venomous spider that doesn’t really fly so much as float, but, well ...

TODDVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - Pumpkins, ghosts, spiders, and bats, all decorations that people decorate their doorsteps with in October. As the sun gets lower in the sky the bats that fly across Iowa’s ...

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," ...

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 ...

Few mammals are as misunderstood as bats. Many people think of them as somewhat creepy creatures that carry disease and get tangled in hair. But bats, in addition to being pollinators, provide another ...

DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. (WLOX) - Boy Scouts of America Troop 210 is making a difference in the insect population in Diamondhead. Over the weekend, Life Scout Brody Coats led his peers to build four bat ...

Bats are amazing creatures that zip through the night skies on a mission: To hunt and devour insects. “Most bats are insectivores and feed on large numbers of insects and agricultural pests,” says ...

Bats aren’t much different from any other creature. “They’re looking for three things: food, shelter, and water,” says Kyle Morgan of Care Pest Pros, a pest control company in Spicewood, Texas. Your ...

Most library-goers don’t get to enjoy a bit of nature while pursuing books; not so for Portugal’s Joanine Library. A colony of bats has called the library home since the 18th century. The fascinating ...