You could buy Halloween bat decorations — plush, plastic or neon — at Target. Or you could spend $50 on a real dead bat from any number of Etsy, Facebook or eBay sellers. Such spooky specimens ...

Bats have long been associated with vampires, witches, and Halloween. But their bad reputation looks more like a trick than a treat. Bats matter in a big way in countless ecosystems around the world.

F.T. MUIJRES/AFP/Getty Images Share The bat phone is ringing off the hook, you might say. Just in time for Halloween, bats are increasingly being spotted in the Chicago area as the weather cools ...

Have you ever wondered how certain animals have became to be linked with Halloween? Spiders, bats, black cats. There are numerous animal-related superstitions, especially around Halloween.

No Halloween haunted house is complete without a black cat lurking in the window, and spiderwebs stretched across dark corners. Perhaps a menacing bat, hanging from the ceiling, greets those who ...

Enjoy beautiful bat photography from conservationist and wildlife photographer Merlin Tuttle Marianne Taylor; Photographs by Merlin Tuttle Today is both Halloween and the last day of Bat Week ...