FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Oct. 25, 2024) -- National Bat Awareness Week is Oct. 24-31, and there’s no better time to get up to speed about Fort Drum’s nocturnal neighbors. Community members can find a lot of ...

There are over 1,400 bat species in the world, and they are almost exclusively nocturnal. Bats have traditionally been classified as Microchiroptera, or microbats, and Megachiroptera, or megabats.

The nocturnal exhibit at the Lake Superior Zoo is home to 12 Egyptian fruit bats and two African straw-colored fruit bats. Fruit bats eat fruit, as you probably can guess. This differs from Minnesota ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bats are an indicator species which lets us know that the environment is doing well. When we have bats in our garden, akin to ...

Did you know that I can track birds and bats on the radar as they leave their roosts? Birds usually show up in the morning hours as a “roost ring”, and in the summer, Purple Martins are usually the ...

Bats are nocturnal hunters and use echolocation to orientate themselves by emitting high-frequency ultrasonic sounds in rapid succession and evaluating the calls’ reflections. Yet, they have retained ...