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Bats

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.

Watch This Beautiful, Chaotic Bat Ballet

Scientists have found that bats collide into each other more often than they thought.

Lauren Young August 5, 2016

University of Florida Bat Houses

Gainesville, Florida

University of Florida Bat Houses

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

Gomantong Cave

Sandakan, Malaysia

Gomantong Cave

In this Borneo cave, it's not the thousands of bats you need to worry about, it's the blankets of roaches.

The Almost Perfect World War II Plot To Bomb Japan With Bats

Cara Giaimo August 5, 2015

Cave of the Hanging Snakes

José María Morelos, Mexico

Cave of the Hanging Snakes

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

If Bats Are Bothering You, Build Them a Dream House

Sarah Laskow May 4, 2015

Man-Made Batcaves: 6 Unnatural Places Where Winged Rodents Have Taken Roost

Eric Grundhauser April 22, 2015

Dularcha Rail Tunnel

Landsborough, Australia

Dularcha Rail Tunnel

This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.

Casa Bacardi

Cataño, Puerto Rico

Casa Bacardí

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

Victoria, Seychelles

Marie Antoinette's

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

Eating Bat in the Seychelles

Lynn Freehill-Maye January 16, 2015

Pura Goa Lawah

Pura Goa Lawah

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

Permanently Closed

Port Costa, California

The Burlington Hotel

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Bats and Vampiric Lore in Père Lachaise Cemetery

Allison Meier May 27, 2014

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: The Nightly Flight 1.5 Million Bats from an Austin Bridge

Allison Meier March 17, 2014

San Antonio, Texas

Bracken Cave

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

The Ostwall Fortification

The Ostwall Fortification

What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.