Staying cool during heat waves is challenging for small creatures, but the problem could be even more extreme for nocturnal creatures that are unable to move to cooler locations while slumbering.

LOWELL, Mich. — A local Boy Scout is using his Eagle Scout project for Lowell Troop 102 to help save the bats in West Michigan. Sam Konyndyk planned and built eight bat boxes, which are man-made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The northern long-eared bat is Iowa's most at-risk bat species. The pictured bat has white nose syndrome, a deadly disease that is ...

She had spent the morning checking bat boxes, wisps of greenery getting tangled in her wiry grey locks. So far, she had come up short on her annual survey.Then she let out a cry: "Oh, we have bats!” ...

Russ Benedict from Central College holds a big brown bat during a bat population survey at Big Hollow Recreation Area in Sperry, Iowa, on July 12, 2023. The northern long-eared bat is a threatened ...