Bats across Indiana are waking from hibernation and moving out of their caves in search of food. These flying mammals play a vital role in Indiana’s ecosystem and even its economy. Feeding on ...

Wallier Woods in the Harrison County Glades Conservation Area spans more than 5,300 acres of forests, caves, streams and cliffs overlooking the Ohio River. Jug Hole Cave, not far away in Harrison ...

All bats in Kentucky and Indiana are insectivorous, catching insects in flight or on plants. For example, one Little Brown Bat can catch 600 mosquitoes or more an hour making them a great natural ...

Maybe it's the way they hang upside down to rest that makes them spooky, or the fact most are nocturnal, but bats have long been associated with Halloween. This year in Indiana, there's one more ...

They’re hot on the trail of Indiana bats. Three Indiana bats, specifically. “We put some radio transmitters onto three lactating female Indiana bats last week that we captured in nets ...

Despite their name, Indiana bats are found in more than 20 states. The species was first found in southern Indiana’s Wyandotte Caves where they live in close, social groups. During the winter, up to ...

The Indiana bat, one of four endangered bat species in Ohio with the northern long-eared bat, the little brown bat and the tri-colored bat, was one of the first species listed under the Endangered ...

The fur of the Indiana bat is a dull grayish brown on the upper part of the body, and only slightly paler below. The texture of the fur is fine and fluffy, and each dorsal hair is tricolored: blackish ...

Photo courtesy of Vermont Fish and Wildlife Wildlife biologists in Vermont have discovered a hopeful sign for the state’s Indiana bat population: One colony, located in Hinesburg, appears to be ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – The body of an Indiana bat is not much bigger than your thumb. With leathery wings and all, the bat weighs as much as three pennies. Yet the tiny mammal, and its only slightly ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The body of an Indiana bat is not much bigger than your thumb. With leathery wings and all, the bat weighs as much as three pennies. Yet the tiny mammal, and its only slightly ...