With traveling on the rise, so is the risk of bringing bed bugs home. In the last few years, the number of bed bugs brought into Extension offices for identification has increased. Bat bugs are also ...

Finding an infestation of tiny, biting bugs in your house is always cause for alarm. You might immediately assume that you have bed bugs, but you may have a lesser-known relative of the bed bug: the ...

There are a lot of images that come to mind when you think of bats. Long webbed wings, sharp teeth, the dark and cold caves they like to inhabit throughout much of the year. When students at the ...

Noctilionoid bat species evolved wildly different faces as they adapted to exploit diverse food sources -- including insects, fruit, nectar, blood and fish. New research shows that those adaptations ...

Weighing about the same as a dollar coin with a wing span approaching 10 inches, the northern long-eared bat emerges each spring from Appalachian mountain caves to live in the trees of South Carolina.

Bats, let's face it, are kind of creepy. But they're vitally important, not only to their ecosystems, but also to local economies. There are more than 1,200 different bat species in existence, and ...