Sealing up the entry points and repairing any damage that the bats caused also contributes to the final cost. Attic restoration costs $2,500 to $6,000-plus. Homeowners Insurance.

Bats have disease-defying superpowers. ... “We should see this high level of damage” to DNA in bats, Teeling said. But in experiments, that is not what she and her colleagues have found.

Three of Arkansas's 16 species of bats are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. A fourth species is expected to be added soon and has been "proposed endangered." Credit: JAVARMAN ...

Bats in the American tropics harbor diverse and previously unknown morbilliviruses, with evidence of frequent infection and cross-species transmission to mammals such as monkeys and pigs.

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.