When the Ellery Hilltop Farm Kids 4-H Club had an idea to support bats, they knew they’d need skilled builders who really ...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Despite bats' unpopularity with some people, a Michigan scout has stepped up to protect these essential creatures by providing them with safe roosting spots. Sam Konyndyk, a ...

Ever thought about buying or building a bat box to help bats? Think carefully about the design and where you put it, researchers say. Ever thought about buying or building a bat box to help bats?

KENT COUNTY, MI - Samuel Konyndyk, 18, has been perfecting the design of his multi-chambered bat boxes for years. He began with designing and installing the tiny mammal habitats at his grandparents’ ...

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 ...

A Boy Scout’s Eagle project has resulted in nine new bat boxes for the Cache Creek Nature Preserve. Elias Pollard came up with the idea as a result of doing volunteer work at the Nature Preserve, ...

A York County Boy Scout is helping to save the endangered little brown bat by distributing bat houses for the tiny mammals to winter over. “Bats are a very integral and important part of the ...

With shovels and power drills in hand, about a dozen volunteers at the Brookside Preserve in Freeport on Saturday worked to address a persistent pest problem by inviting a natural predator: bats. In ...

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URBANA, Ill. - Ever thought about buying or building a bat box to help bats? Think carefully about the design and where you put it, University of Illinois researchers say. Here's why: Bats and their ...