Keen’s myotis is usually present in mines and caves used by other Adirondack bat species for winter roosts. Summer roosts are behind the loose bark of trees, shutters and shingles of buildings, or ...

Why You Want Bats in Your Backyard With more than 40 species of bats found in North America, chances are good that these flying mammals are cruising through your neighborhood. Attract bats by ...

Little red flying foxes are tree-dwelling bats. In daytime they can be seen roosting in giant camps that may include as many as a million individuals. The bats are indeed efficient fliers ...

Some bats prefer to roost in barns, attics, caves or abandoned mines, those shelters providing safety from predators, protection from fluctuations in weather, and seclusion for rearing the young.

They face other dangers from wind turbines thought to kill thousands of mostly migratory tree bats each year in North America. It is theorized that the bats may mistake the turbine blades for ...