SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio is a major hub for bat activity, and bat boxes (or bat houses) are an increasingly popular way for residents to support the local ecos ...

Florida’s bonneted bats are one of the rarest bats in the U.S. Sadly, they are in danger of extinction, with only around 1,000 or fewer individuals remaining. They live only within a restricted range ...

Houston is a great place for backyard bat boxes and now is a good time to install one, a regional bat expert tells Axios. Why ...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Despite bats' unpopularity with some people, a Michigan scout has stepped up to protect these essential creatures by providing them with safe roosting spots. Sam Konyndyk, a ...

Ever thought about buying or building a bat box to help bats? Think carefully about the design and where you put it, researchers say. Ever thought about buying or building a bat box to help bats?

KENT COUNTY, MI - Samuel Konyndyk, 18, has been perfecting the design of his multi-chambered bat boxes for years. He began with designing and installing the tiny mammal habitats at his grandparents’ ...

Waynesburg will become the latest location to host bat boxes as the population slowly recovers from a syndrome that decimated bat colonies around the country. The council voted at its September ...

A Boy Scout’s Eagle project has resulted in nine new bat boxes for the Cache Creek Nature Preserve. Elias Pollard came up with the idea as a result of doing volunteer work at the Nature Preserve, ...

With shovels and power drills in hand, about a dozen volunteers at the Brookside Preserve in Freeport on Saturday worked to address a persistent pest problem by inviting a natural predator: bats. In ...

From habitat loss to disease, bat species across Canada are facing multiple threats. As cities expand, the large old trees that bats call home are being cleared and bats are losing their roosts.