Bats can be found around the world, from Texas to Thailand. They make up a quarter of the world's known mammals. There are approximately 1,100 species of bats. Bats around the world are threatened by ...

That is, if you happen to be an insect! These night stalkers have been known to eat upwards of 1,200 insects per hour, and that includes mosquitoes. These warm blooded, nocturnal creatures are often ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Lots of people think bats are downright frightening. After all, they do seem to check ...

While Pennsylvania is home to 11 species of bats, none of them will transform into a vampire or even display any blood-sucking tendencies. And, with many of them now winding down their most active ...

Every Halloween, fake bats flutter through horror movies and paper versions hang from the ceiling at parties in an effort to add to the scare factor. But a Virginia woman who helps rescue the real ...

Among the free Halloween-themed family events this weekend are two at area lagoons. The Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation is running its Bat Chats and Friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Discovery ...

FRESH from their riveting roles in that TV movie classic, “Locusts,” Dr. Maddy Rierdon (Lucy Lawless, “Xena“) and hubby Dan Dryer (Dylan Neal) are back to battle more revolting creatures in a ...

Sometimes a family meal can turn into an episode of “Fear Factor.” It doesn’t happen often, but creepy critters such as bugs, birds and even bats occasionally make their way into prepackaged food and ...