Bat pupping season starts soon, and the North Carolina Wildlife Commission is asking people to check their home attics now for bats. The season starts on May 1 and ends July 31.

About 2 to 4% of North Carolina bats test positive for rabies, and the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences said the animals can bring other diseases to humans.

Most North Carolina bats communicate in frequencies ranging from 20 to 120 kilohertz, Li says, well beyond the human hearing range, which is only between 15 to 20 kilohertz.

“In North Carolina, we have 14 kinds of bats and they are all insect eaters,” Van Spronsen said. “Each bat can eat 100 to 1,000 insects in an hour.

Bats hibernate or migrate south during the winter, which is why people start to notice them now. Removal is not allowed under North Carolina law between May 1 and July 31, which is a pup-rearing ...

Joseph Herring, owner of Carolina Wildlife Removal, says he’s already seen an increase in calls for bat removals this year. Joseph Herring, owner of Carolina Wildlife Removal, ...

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s plan lays out a “one-stop shop” on the past and future of the Virginia big-eared bat.

Just a week after a fast-moving bat-killing disease was discovered for the first time in Indiana, the disease has now been confirmed for the first time in North Carolina. The deadly bat illness known ...

Most North Carolina bats communicate in frequencies ranging from 20 to 120 kilohertz, Li says, well beyond the human hearing range, which is only between 15 to 20 kilohertz.

Wildlife experts are raising concerns and taking precautions against human-to-bat transmissions of COVID-19. North Carolina’s bat population is declining due to white nose syndrome.