Once guests have left Zoo Boise for the day, the gates are locked and dinner bowls are set out – it's relatively calm and quiet. But as the sun fades and the temperature drops, a noticeable shift takes place.

“Honestly, they're like our regular passengers…just a little bit more tired…with pillows.”

"It's really quite astounding, since we don't really think about bats when we're out at night and then you put out these detectors and suddenly you get a picture of how busy the night air actually is.”

The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting colder. In this installment of our After Dark series, BSPR visited Interfaith Sanctuary as guests get ready for the night. Only first names are used for the people staying at the shelter.

Acme Bakeshop first fired up its oven in Garden City 10 years ago and has been distributing its loaves to retail stores and restaurants around the area ever since.

Boise State University biology professor Jesse Barber studies light pollution's effects on animals and insects and how an experiment with red lighting could mitigate the effects of blue and white lights

The Old Idaho Penitentiary has a long history of paranormal activity, ranging from disembodied voices to touches. We go out on a nighttime investigation to talk with those who've experienced things firsthand.

NASA "light pollution ambassadors" from UCLA came to the Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve to research sources of light pollution, which have the potential to obscure the dark skies.