Finding an infestation of tiny, biting bugs in your house is always cause for alarm. You might immediately assume that you have bed bugs, but you may have a lesser-known relative of the bed bug: the ...

Did you know that I can track birds and bats on the radar as they leave their roosts? Birds usually show up in the morning hours as a “roost ring”, and in the summer, Purple Martins are usually the ...

This autumn, you can learn about one of nature’s most misunderstood mammals, the bat, with ecologist Dr. Katherine Clements. Hosted at the Venice Audubon Society and Rookery, which is home to six bat ...

Widely regarded with fear and superstition, bats have undeserved reputations as dirty and dangerous creatures that suck blood and spread disease. Yet in reality they’re relatively benign, beneficial ...

Bats, often considered spooky creatures, actually have many positive effects on our daily lives from controlling insects to pollinating bananas, mangoes and the plant used to make tequila. “They play ...