Atrium Health said it’s working with pest management and the health department to keep patients, visitors, and staff safe.

So state wildlife and transportation officials saw an opportunity when work began on replacing an Interstate 40 bridge near the Tennessee state line. In what is being called a “first of its kind idea, ...

Fruit bats earned their name for a pretty obvious reason: their affinity for fruit. Also known as flying foxes, these ...

As the Coast’s warm, subtropical environment is a draw for snowbirds and tourists, it’s also a draw for bats — an environmentally essential, but often overlooked, part of the region’s ecosystem.

Bats get a deadly bad rap — but they could play a lifesaving role in cancer treatment, according to a “fascinating new study” that examines their remarkable immune systems. Despite their long ...

Pallas’s long-tongued bats have the fastest metabolism of any mammal, and feed on the nectar from flowers by hovering just outside of them like a hummingbird. Now, using high-speed infrared cameras, ...

By Spoorthy Raman With hues of orange and black on its wings and a furry, fluffy face, the painted woolly bat is a stunner.

Atrium Health confirmed that bats were discovered in a medical inpatient unit at its Lincoln County hospital and medical ...

Michigan’s largest bat colony is defying a disease that has killed millions of bats across the U.S. and Canada over the last 20 years.