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 ...

Bats local to Cape Girardeau may find new homes this spring in the city's parks, thanks to the efforts of 14-year-old Nick Hodges. And runners and walkers may have fewer mosquitoes to deal with ...

Study author Ruvinda de Mel said: "Roosting bats may face lethally high body temperatures during extremely hot days. "And bat boxes are often designed to retain heat to keep bats cozy, which could ...

Staying cool during heat waves is challenging for small creatures, but the problem could be even more extreme for nocturnal creatures that are unable to move to cooler locations while slumbering.