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 ...

EARLY IN THE 2023 season, Aaron Leanhardt started asking New York Yankees hitters what they needed to perform better. He was a minor league hitting coordinator for the team, and with league-wide ...

Bat boxes are potential death traps for the winged mammals during heatwaves, new research warns. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment, state legislature ...

SAN ANTONIO — A growing health concern is taking over a San Antonio affordable housing complex. Residents at the Cassiano Homes apartment complex on South Laredo Street say bats are roosting inside ...

URBANA, Ill. — Imagine moving into a new house just to discover it has no insulation. That’s what life can be like for a bat box resident. Bat boxes, a kind of artificial roost, are a simple and ...

Torpedo baseball bats hit it big when the Yankees set a new team record with nine home runs in one game earlier this season. We visit a factory in Louisiana to see what makes them so special. Torpedo ...

Artificial roosts for bats — or “bat boxes” – are a popular way to conserve native species when their natural habitat has been depleted. They are often used in urban areas to provide shelter where ...

Staying cool during heatwaves 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.

Bat boxes are potential death traps for the winged mammals during heatwaves, new research warns. They can overheat and die in bat boxes during extreme hot weather, say scientists. They explained that ...