You might shudder at the sight of bats in your yard, but the reason they've arrived -- and why you'd want to attract them -- isn't quite what you'd think.

Critters Why Texas Bats Need a Better Commute A new study tracked bat activity in Fort Worth and found that these “sky puppies” need just the right kind of tree canopy to thrive.

Fluttering overhead at night, quiet except for their squeaks, bats can be easily overlooked, but these small mammals play a big role in the ecosystem. Bats are also at risk. Illinois is home to 13 ...

Well, that tree becomes a Major League Baseball bat to be used by Miami's Hanley Ramirez in the Marlins' Opening Night game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET).

The researchers surveyed bat diversity on farms with a variety of shade tree cover; they consisted of high shade with more than 65% cover, medium cover between 35 and 65%, and “low shade cocoa ...

"Taking a dying ash tree, making it into an award-winning baseball bat, and doing it with my dad is special," August said. "It is the oldest story ever told. It is a father passing along a craft ...

Life Blue tits shared a tree hollow with bird-eating bats – and survived. A pair of blue tits were seen nesting in a tree cavity that was also inhabited by about 25 greater noctule bats, which ...