Bats across Indiana are waking from hibernation and moving out of their caves in search of food. These flying mammals play a vital role in Indiana’s ecosystem and even its economy. Feeding on ...

The Wisconsin DNR found that bat populations in caves had begun to increase after being devastated when WNS came to Wisconsin in 2014. Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology in the College of ...

Bats are among farmers’ oldest defense against pests, as the fuzzy flying mammal is known to eat thousands of insects a night ...

hang head down, groom, sleep, and perhaps even quarrel. When night approaches, bat activity increases; they fly about inside their cave then finally emerge to forage for food and drink water. After ...

In each cave, you'll likely spot fruit bats hanging out on the ceilings. The bats come and go as they wish, but they won't bother you. Lighting has also been installed in the caverns to visually ...

When bats are hanging upside down they feel safer, as they can drop and fly away quickly if a predator comes. Bats use their feet to grasp onto the ceiling of a cave or wrap around branches of a ...

At dusk, a swarm of bats disperses to hunt in the rainforest ... s largest known cave passage. In 1991 a cave discovered in Vietnam, called Hang Son Doong, surpassed it, but the drop in rank ...

Lynda Louks, collections manager of UCO’s Natural History Museum and professor of environmental biology, braced herself in ...