We are better off with bats. These bat facts will make you rethink the unsung heroes of the night and learn why you should ...

The big brown bat is the Adirondack’s largest bat; only the hoary bat is larger. The long, lustrous fur is brown. The ears, wing and tail membranes are black. Total length is 105-123 mm (4.1-4.8 in).

Four of the nine species of Adirondack bats belong to the genus Myotis, the mouse-eared bats. The little brown bat is the most abundant of the four, and is the common bat of the region. During the ...

DORSET, Vt. (AP) — Deep in a cool, damp cave in Vermont, tens of thousands of furry, chocolate brown creatures stir. The little brown bats, survivors of a deadly fungus that decimated their population ...

As spring tips past the threat of freezing temperatures, watch for the first glimpse of bats at dusk. They might be mistaken for birds until you catch the steep dives and high-flying maneuvers more ...

Doug Wentzel, program director at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center in Huntingdon County, has spent more than two decades caring for wildlife, including songbirds, birds of prey and bats. Over the ...

I often used to see little brown bats swooping over my yard. Known scientifically as Myositis lucifugus, this animal is well named, for “lucifugus” is Latin for “shunning daylight,” which is ...

Bat! came the call from the covered bridge in Addison County where state bat biologist Alyssa Bennett and summer intern Alyssa Turgeon waited to count the bats that emerged from the bridge at dusk. It ...

One winged creature stood out as it flew on a sunny afternoon near a viewing deck at the Eagle River Nature Center. It zigzagged over a flat, calm area of a stream’s open water. It seemed to have the ...