NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN footage has captured a rat snatching a bat out of the air and eating it, sparking disease spillover concerns. The clip, eerie enough to be a scene from a pandemic film, was ...

A bed bug’s diet consist of blood – including humans, bats, birds, rodents, pets and all warm-blooded animals. Discover which animals are likely to suffer bed bug bites by watching this video. AZ ...

You didn’t put out the bat signal, but there it is: a winged vigilante eliminating bugs from the inside of your house. There is little help in the North State for safely and humanely removing healthy ...

Janet Debelak Tyburec, of Bat Survey Solutions, measures the ears of an evening bat on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 at Swift River Pecans in Lockhart, Texas. These bats eat lots of different insects in ...

There are three species of bats that eat birds. We know that because we have found feathers and other avian remains in their feces. What we didn’t know was how exactly they hunt birds, which are quite ...

Two pallid bats and a Mexican free-tailed bat at La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve in San Mateo County. Courtesy Vishal Subramanyan/ Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. When Evan Cole set foot ...

Bats are an important part of the ecosystem, eating pesky insects most humans hate. Sellers market bat homes, man-made roosts, to encourage them to stick around and eat insects. Tennessee is home to ...

Canadian research scientist Cori Lausen is studying probiotics as a treatment for white-nose syndrome, which is caused by a ...

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Let's face it—bats get a bad rap. Their links to disease outbreaks and their spooky association with vampires influence their notoriety. In reality, bats are truly remarkable. Bats support our ...