The association between bats and Halloween dates back thousands of years, based on the superstition that the flying mammals are omens of death. But for nearly two decades, North American bats have ...

BATTLE LAKE, Minn. — While it is not quite spooky season, epidemiologists say it is the height of what they call bat season, when bats and humans are more likely to interact. The Battle Lake Police ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials with the U.S. Forest Service are cautiously optimistic that a new treatment may help bats survive a disease known as white-nose syndrome that has killed millions of bats.