Don't touch a bat if you find one in your house, said Utah wildlife officials. Turn off the lights, and open a door.

Today is both Halloween and the last day of Bat Week, which makes it the perfect day to admire beautiful bats like these four from Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species! 1. Hairy-legged ...

Bats' biggest boon to humans may be in their diet. A single bat can eat thousands of insects per night, ridding the air of mosquitoes and other pests.

More: How spiders, bats and black cats became the animal ambassadors of Halloween Now, there are small signs that those numbers may be rebounding. Here's what to know about Wisconsin's bats and ...

But it is Halloween, and we have to talk about vampires, which are synonymous with bats. Bram Stoker did not invent vampires when he wrote "Dracula," his inspiration was Vlad the Impaler, a ...

Halloween is all about the spook factor. Usually it’s ghosts, bats and spiders that show up on the lawn or in your home decor, but the scare doesn’t have to stop there. What if you added some ...

Bats are another animal deeply tied to Halloween. The main reason may simply have to do with how bats look and behave, as these nocturnal animals can be quite startling at first glance.

For Halloween, a beauty pageant: The contestants are bats Thousands of people have cast their votes to decide which small toothy winged creature is the best looking among the contestants October ...

WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. (KIRO) - Halloween may be over but one couple in Washington state was recently living in a real-life horror story. Their dream home on Whidbey Island was infested with ...