The main signs of a bat infestation are piles of rice grain-sized droppings and dark urine stains. Ammonia smells, scratching and squeaking at night, or bats around your yard are also common signs.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Buried deep within caves, bats — and especially their ...

Bat poop—yes, bat poop—is far more fascinating than you might think. You probably don’t give it much thought (unless it’s in your attic), but believe it or not, bat droppings have shaped history, ...

Your garden can benefit from the excretory droppings of bats, known as guano, which helps enrich your soil by providing carbon and energy to support helpful microbes. These microbes play a key role in ...

Bats are amazing creatures that zip through the night skies on a mission: To hunt and devour insects. “Most bats are insectivores and feed on large numbers of insects and agricultural pests,” says ...

Bats, often seen hanging in dark caves or swarming at dusk, are one of the most iconic Halloween symbols. These creatures of the night are vital to ecosystems as they control insect populations and ...

A dozen family members — including one as young as eight — were sickened by histoplasmosis after coming in contact with bat droppings in a cave Getty Twelve people on a family vacation last December ...