While many people associate bats with Halloween, Floridians live with 13 native species plus seven others that are occasional visitors from elsewhere. But if you find yourself literally living with ...

If you've got bats in your belfry — or, more likely, your attic, barn or shed — you've got about a month to do something about it. After April 15, you won't be able to touch them over the summer. The ...

They creep out during the evening hours and flee the sky by dawn. With faces that conjure vampire movies, long pointy ears and gnarly canine teeth, bats can look like the stuff of nightmares; and now ...

FLORIDA, USA — Maternity season for Florida's 13 "native and beneficial bat species" starts Wednesday, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). For Floridians, if bats ...

Florida boasts 13 native bat species, all of which are both ecologically and economically beneficial, the FWC says. (Provided by FWC) Roosting is taking place in buildings across the nation, and it’s ...

As dusk settled over Gainesville on a November night, a handful of people gathered behind fences enclosing an open field on Museum Road, waiting. Bundled in blankets, they stood with their eyes glued ...

A silence fell over Museum Road as the sunset, with spectators huddled around the wooden fence waiting for thousands of nocturnal creatures to emerge. The audience’s patience has paid off since the ...

Forests and wooded areas are the natural habitats of bats. However, these amazing creatures sometimes find their way into homes. So, how do you get a bat out of your house? Are there techniques ...

NAPLES, Fla. — Florida wildlife volunteers rescued a colony of more than 150 bat pups that were found in need of help under a palm frond. Staff at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida received a call ...