Check out September's roundup of science tips and learn more about the natural world around you.

Often cast as mysterious and frightening creatures of the night in popular culture, bats play an important role in our ...

Dan Carrigan and the Gaia Earth-Balance Endowment through the Gaston Community Foundation. The impact of white-nose syndrome on North Carolina bats, a beekeeper’s fight to protect pollinators and how ...

New research shows that proboscis bats communicate with each other and echolocate at higher frequencies than scientists ...

ROCHESTER — When Rochester teen Molly Carlin learned Oxbow Park was at risk of losing its bat population, she knew it was a problem she could fix. So she built a pair of bat boxes, a shelter where ...

Fish and Wildlife Service memo calls for change in what it means to ‘take’ an endangered species ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory to doctors about increased rabies in animals and human exposures nationwide this summer, saying it received 17% more ...

Long-lived bats appear to combine powerful immune defenses with unusual strategies for eliminating damaged cells, potentially helping them avoid cancer and disease for decades. Researchers hope these ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — One of Portland’s most beloved late-summer traditions is taking place in new locations this year as thousands of migrating Vaux’s swifts settle into roosts across the city. The ...

A children's author who documented his project to convert an old church on social media has been convicted of destroying bat roosts after being caught out by his own Instagram posts. Jonathan Wedge ...

Vancouver Island's largest known bat maternity roost has undergone its first official population check of the season. The results suggest that despite a slight dip from 2025, the colony remains ...

There are facts about bats that most everyone seems to know: They’re the only flying mammals in the animal kingdom; they sleep upside down, an evolutionary trick that’s effortless for them; their ...