An Oregon bat was once again declared the Bureau of Land Management's most beautiful bat for the third year in a row during the annual Bat Beauty Contest. Hoary Potter, a hoary bat, took home the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Move over, Fat Bear Week. A bat beauty contest is now stepping up to the plate. The Bureau of Land Management has hosted the online competition since 2019 to raise awareness ...

The San Diego Humane Society honored World Wildlife Conservation Day with a first-time event: the successful release of a hoary bat equipped with a Motus tracking device, a first for this species in ...

Most kids won‘t go trick-or-treating until later tonight, but Halloween festivities started early for Oregon’s furriest winged resident — and brought in a well-deserved victory. Last week, the Bureau ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. Bat beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some people find Sir ...

In the spring 2023, I was preparing to go on a wildflower hike with Jack Easton, the Rivers & Lands Conservancy’s retired executive director, when our plans were disrupted. My neighbor marched across ...

May the best bat win. The Bureau of Land Management is hosting its fifth annual bat beauty contest in celebration of bat week, pitting some of the most popular winged creatures of the night against ...

A winged creature from Oregon was crowned this year's winner Thursday in an annual bat beauty contest put on by the Bureau of Land Management.Video above: Susquehanna Valley woman gives wildlife a ...

Did you know that Texas has the highest number of bat species in the United States and has been designated as the most "bat friendly" state? Of the 43 bat species currently known to occur in the U. S.