The cave took months to locate and was already unstable when entered. Inside, vertical drops, waterfalls, and loose rock made progress dangerous. As explorers climbed higher, a massive bat colony ...

A bat cave in Costa Rica is likely the reason a family caught a fungal lung disease known as histoplasmosis. In December of last year, a family of 13 visited Arenal and Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, ...

A popular hiking trail in western New Mexico that features ancient lava flows and bat-filled caves will be closed through most of 2026 during a trail improvement project, the National Park Service ...

Dozens of Missouri's bat caves will be closed as a result of the recent discovery of white nose syndrome, a fungus responsible for killing more than a million bats in the eastern United States.

Local bat populations are getting attention in the Phoenix area due to a recent mosquito surge ahead of Halloween. The Mexican free-tailed bats living in the Phoenix Bat Cave primarily eat larger prey ...

Every night, bats emerge out of roosts in massive numbers, creating what scientists have called a 'cocktail party nightmare' of clashing echolocations. Nobody knew how bats managed this severe ...