There are also caves, and the caves and other areas of Sequoia are home to 17 species of bats. The Townsend's big-eared bat ...

The first round of voting took place on Oct. 25 with “Sir-Flaps-A-Lot,” a Townsend’s big-eared bat from Utah vs. “Hoary ...

A conservation study focusing on Townsend’s big-eared bat at Camp Guernsey could soon lead to groundbreaking management ...

The city will pay to help protect bats in return for clearing nearly three dozen acres for a new interchange at Interstate 49 ...

A man who took in an orphaned squirrel and made it a social media star vowed Saturday that New York state’s decision to seize ...

A winged creature from Oregon was crowned this year’s winner in an annual bat beauty contest put on by the Bureau of Land ...

ASHLAND, Ore. — For the third year in a row a bat from Oregon has won the 2024 Bat Beauty Contest. Halloween is the last day of International Bat Week, and the day Hoary Potter, a hoary bat, has ...

Honorable mentions in the competition also went to “Robert Battinson,” “Batt Damon,” “Sir Flaps-A-Lot the Townsend’s ...

The week of Halloween is also Bat Week and is meant to illustrate the important role bats, often cast as scary creatures in classic cult horror movies, play in our ecosystems. “We know that bats ...

It also bested a Townsend’s big-eared bat named “Sir Flaps-A-Lot” from Utah, among others. The victory marks the third year in a row that a bat from Oregon has taken first place in the contest.

Each October, the BLM hosts the event to find the "most stunning bat" photographed on public lands across the county. Last year, William ShakespEAR, a Townsend’s big-eared bat, scooped the title.