Townsend’s bats are insectivorous, which means their primary diet consists of insects, and their insect of choice is the moth. According to Oregon Wild, insect-eating bats are the primary predators of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced an Oregon bat won its ‘Bat Beauty Contest’ for the second year in a row. William ShakespEAR, a Townsend’s big-eared bat from Butte ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated image provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows the bat Hoary Potter. (Emma Busk/Bureau of Land Management via ...

They went batty for this beauty. A bat from Oregon named William ShakespEAR won a nationwide beauty contest for the winged mammels. The female Townsend’s big-eared bat won the annual contest organized ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Your local Oregon bats won the annual Bureau of Land Management Bat Beauty Contest for the second year in a row! William ShakespEAR, a Townsend’s big-eared bat from Butte Falls ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Did you know the week leading up to Halloween is International Bat Week?The annual celebration of the bats role in nature kicks off Monday. The Department of Conservation says they are ...