The activity level of six bat species was significantly reduced at solar farm sites, researchers have observed. Their findings, published today in Journal of Applied Ecology, have the potential to ...

Just in time for Halloween, the U.S. Forest Service will celebrate National Bat Week at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center this weekend. Youth-oriented activities and crafts will take place ...

Bats are more active this time of year, which means the possibility of exposure to rabies increases. Bats are the most common way Michigan residents come in contact with rabies, which can spread to ...

Hibernation is one of the most important behaviours of bats of the temperate zone. During winter, when little food or liquid water is available, hibernation in torpor lowers metabolic costs. However, ...

From tree cavities and trunks to bridges and barns, bats are settling into a variety of summer roosts across Michigan. Just ...

Roosting is one of the “least understood parts of the bat’s life cycle.” Researchers in Michigan are trying to change that ...

Researchers have developed a way to study the brain of a bat as it flies, recording for the first time what happens as a roving animal focuses and refocuses its attention. Johns Hopkins University ...