At center, Molly Brown of Cornell Cooperative Extension teaches third-grade students in Mary Plumb’s class at Fenner Elementary School in Falconer how to build a bat box. Along with making the boxes, ...

URBANA, Ill. — Imagine moving into a new house just to discover it has no insulation. That’s what life can be like for a bat box resident. Bat boxes, a kind of artificial roost, are a simple and ...

Wildlife experts have a solution for mosquito haters: invite bats into your yards. Installing a bat house, experts say, is a safe, effective way to eliminate many of the pesky critters that take over ...

Imagine moving into a new house just to discover it has no insulation. That’s what life can be like for a bat box resident.

Birds aren't the only wildlife that could use some shelter from the elements in people's yards. Bats need some housing, too, during the summer and certainly before winter comes around again. "A thread ...