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Bat Caves

On the platform.

Lovelock, Nevada

Lovelock Cave

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

Stalagmites and stalactites.

Grotta Zinzulusa

Wander through the Corridor of Wonders in these stunning limestone caverns.

Ridgedale, Missouri

Bat Bar in Lost Canyon Cave

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

The tiny floof known as the Cuban greater funnel-eared bat.

To Save a Rare Cuban Bat, Biologists Conducted a Census by Pedicure

Studying the highly endangered species requires a little colorful creativity.

Sabrina Imbler September 24, 2019

Silhouettes of bats flying around the Phoenix Bat Cave.

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix Bat Cave

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Bats in their bat cave.

Found: An Unusually Situated Bat Cave

The cave is large for Alberta's boreal forest.

Sarah Laskow March 20, 2017

Interior cave walkway

Iwaizumi, Japan

Ryūsendō Cave

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

Cell phone light trails illuminating the caves of Mønsted Kalkgruber.

Stoholm, Denmark

Mønsted Kalkgruber

Nearly 40 miles and 1,000 years of limestone mines under Denmark.

If Bats Are Bothering You, Build Them a Dream House

Sarah Laskow May 4, 2015

From Elephant Tongues to Faulty Air Conditioners: The Geographical Origins of Deadly Diseases

oriana leckert October 31, 2014

San Antonio, Texas

Bracken Cave

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Stumphouse Tunnel

Walhalla, South Carolina

Stumphouse Tunnel

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

Thousands of bats

Gcwihaba Caverns

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

The entrance to Köw Ata underground lake in Turkmenistan.

Gokdepe, Turkmenistan

Köw Ata Underground Lake

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec

Trou de la Fée - Protected Bat Cave

This three-chambered cave is the only protected natural bat hibernaculum in Quebec.

(Flickr/Axiraa)

Piusa Sand Caves

Man-made mineral caves house massive bat colony.

Bats roosting.

Hin Tung, Thailand

Bat Caves of Khao Yai National Park

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

Fredericksburg, Texas

Old Tunnel Bat Colony

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.