Florida's bat maternity season begins April 16 and lasts through August 14. It is illegal to remove bats from your home without a permit during maternity season. Bats are beneficial to the environment ...

MIAMI — Killing or harming bats is illegal in Florida, so using devices to prevent the flying nocturnal animal from entering a building will temporarily become illegal in a week -- when the mammal’s ...

If you've got bats in your belfry — or, more likely, your attic, barn or shed — you've got about a month to do something about it. After April 15, you won't be able to touch them over the summer. The ...

FLORIDA, USA — Maternity season for Florida's 13 "native and beneficial bat species" starts Wednesday, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). For Floridians, if bats ...

FLORIDA — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner is reminding Floridians that fall is an ideal time to exclude bats from homes or other buildings. Bats are protected in Florida, and ...

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — A tiny bat began its journey to recovery at a Florida wildlife rehabilitation center this week after it was found on a sidewalk unable to move. In a social media post, the ...

NAPLES, Fla. — Florida wildlife volunteers rescued a colony of more than 150 bat pups that were found in need of help under a palm frond. Staff at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida received a call ...

Those bats living in your attic, barn or shed? You've got less than a week to do something about them while it's still legal. The 13 native species of creepy-yet-cute warm-blooded mammals are ...

Those bats living in your attic, barn or shed? You've got less than a week to do something about them while it's still legal. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, after ...