The fear of creepy crawlies has been stoked to frenzied levels with news of the impending arrival of the Joro flying spider, a giant venomous spider that doesn’t really fly so much as float, but, well ...

TODDVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - Pumpkins, ghosts, spiders, and bats, all decorations that people decorate their doorsteps with in October. As the sun gets lower in the sky the bats that fly across Iowa’s ...

Few mammals are as misunderstood as bats. Many people think of them as somewhat creepy creatures that carry disease and get tangled in hair. But bats, in addition to being pollinators, provide another ...

Bats are amazing creatures that zip through the night skies on a mission: To hunt and devour insects. “Most bats are insectivores and feed on large numbers of insects and agricultural pests,” says ...

Bats are all around, but due to their nocturnal nature, Baton Rouge residents do not see them often. Misconceptions about the flying mammals abound, despite their significance to ecological systems.