Bats

The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed a rabid bat case in Park Ridge and urged residents to stay away from bats.

As Halloween creeps closer, a troubling fate awaits our local bats, whose numbers have plummeted. What’s behind this surprising decline?

A night of music turned eerie at a Chicago venue when guests may have come into contact with rabid bats. Here's what you need to know.

It's the only cave in Illinois that's open to the public, but it wasn't open for a long time. That's because of a danger that involved bats. Now, it's available to explore again, but there's a catch.