The Ozark big-eared bat is a threatened species found only in a small number of caves in the southern central United States. Also known as the western big-eared bat, the long-eared bat ...

and with tens of thousands of bats in the cave there’s plenty to munch on. With all those bats hanging around, their poop piles up rapidly and has turned the floor of the caves into a watery ...

In hard-hit Bat Cave, security guards vanish, businesses fight closure, and locals share concerns over safety, roads, ...

Bats typically seek out more suitable hibernacula in November, such as caves, mines, or crevices, raising questions about this bat's late hibernation spot. National Geographic scientists ...

Big brown bats frequently reside in attics, walls, and basements of buildings, in hollow trees, caves, and mines. Throughout most of its range, this species is relatively common. However, there are ...

Trespassers to central Queensland caves are frightening endangered ghost bats into abandoning their offspring, reducing the already shrinking population. Mount Etna, north of Rockhampton ...