MIAMI — Killing or harming bats is illegal in Florida, so using devices to prevent the flying nocturnal animal from entering a building will temporarily become illegal in a week -- when the mammal’s ...

If you've got bats in your belfry — or, more likely, your attic, barn or shed — you've got about a month to do something about it. After April 15, you won't be able to touch them over the summer. The ...

The bats funnel out of the houses at high speeds to hunt throughout the night. A silence fell over Museum Road as the sunset, with spectators huddled around the wooden fence waiting for thousands of ...

FLORIDA — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner is reminding Floridians that fall is an ideal time to exclude bats from homes or other buildings. Bats are protected in Florida, and ...

As dusk settled over Gainesville on a November night, a handful of people gathered behind fences enclosing an open field on Museum Road, waiting. Bundled in blankets, they stood with their eyes glued ...

Those bats living in your attic, barn or shed? You've got less than a week to do something about them while it's still legal. The 13 native species of creepy-yet-cute warm-blooded mammals are ...

BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - October is Bat Appreciation Month, and local efforts are helping these misunderstood creatures find a home. “They take care of all of the insects that are in the area ...