URBANA, Ill. - Ever thought about buying or building a bat box to help bats? Think carefully about the design and where you put it, University of Illinois researchers say. Here's why: Bats and their ...

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 ...

We’re admitting it from the get-go, we are batty and we’re proud of it. And of course Austin is known for it’s accelerated bat population. Most of us are happy to just let them be wild and free, but ...

URBANA, Ill. – Bat box designs vary widely, but many commercial varieties remain untested and risk cooking the animals they’re designed to shelter. Often small and painted dark colors, these boxes may ...

A York County Boy Scout is helping to save the endangered little brown bat by distributing bat houses for the tiny mammals to winter over. “Bats are a very integral and important part of the ...

Bats are incredible creatures! They eat bugs, disperse seeds, and help pollinate plants. That's why it's important to protect them, by building them their own home called a bat box! Grab an adult to ...

Two Girl Scouts, Lily Kndsen and Sarah Kuehn, have built and installed six “bat boxes” on two buildings in the historic Edgeley Grove Farm in Fallston to give bats a place to shelter and protect their ...

A Boy Scout’s Eagle project has resulted in nine new bat boxes for the Cache Creek Nature Preserve. Elias Pollard came up with the idea as a result of doing volunteer work at the Nature Preserve, ...

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Ever thought about buying or building a bat box to help bats? Think carefully about the design and where you put it, researchers say. Ever thought about buying or building a bat box to help bats?