Bats

Puzzling biologists, no one seems to know exactly why the iconic bat houses are emptier than usual after the winged mammals started to disappear.

In the first weeks of outbreak, the Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an AP investigation finds.

Although federal wildlife officials protected areas where bonneted bats currently live, conservation advocates say protections need to go further to include locations the bats will eventually migrate to due to sea-level rise.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission advises installing one-way bat doors after August 15, which is when the animal's April-to-August nesting season is over.

New research links habitat destruction with the spillover of viruses from animals to humans.

“Florida bonneted bats desperately need critical habitat protection, and the Fish and Wildlife Service has excluded crucial areas threatened by development right now,” said attorney Ragan Whitlock with the Center for Biological Diversity.

After restoration is complete, the building — located across the street from Newman’s cigar factory — will include a 15-room inn, cigar bar, and cafe.

While an original plan was presented in 2020, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now wants to designate approximately 1.2 million acres as critical habitat across 13 counties - this marks a 21% reduction from the previous proposal.

Scientists believe the virus that causes COVID-19 came from contact with a wildlife species in China, likely bats. So can we catch the virus from animals…

Bat droppings are being blamed for causing breathing problems that made 13 workers ill at a Florida courthouse.

A Florida woman who was helping a friend into a car at a large retirement community felt something hit her arm but thought nothing of it until she went...

A Pasco County fire-rescue crew has been evicted from its station by an invasion of bats.The Tampa Bay Times reports anywhere from 500 to 1,000 bats found…