There’s a very good chance that you’ll encounter a bat at some point in your life.

The fear of creepy crawlies has been stoked to frenzied levels with news of the impending arrival of the Joro flying spider, a giant venomous spider that doesn’t really fly so much as float, but, well ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bat hangs onto curtains in a home. Fermate/iStock/Getty Images Plus There’s a very good chance that you’ll encounter a bat at ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tara Hohoff, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (THE CONVERSATION) There’s a very ...