Most show the days of putting layers on layers of paint on the bat, including the Hillebrand signature. “[Bud Hillerich] would come up to John and the other person painting and he would say ...

The bats, known as painted woolly bats or Kerivoula picta, are listed as "near threatened" on the IUCN Red List. However, they are regularly sold online as Halloween decor, jewelry or trinkets ...

A new study sounds a warning about wild bats used in decorations sold online. A new study sounds a warning about wild bats used in decorations sold online. Justine Calma is a senior science ...

WASHINGTON— Trade in painted woolly bats, largely driven by demand in the United States, is likely unsustainable and illegal, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in the European Journal ...

Despite declining numbers in the wild, hundreds of specimens like this of Kerivoula picta—or painted woolly bat—are being sold on Etsy, eBay and Amazon as jewelry, Halloween decorations, and jarred ...

Bradford Doolittle » With companies such as Victus offering painted bats and other modes of aesthetic customization, including the popular pencil bats, bats have become as much about personal ...

Many types of bats appeared in the results, but they focused primarily on Kerivoula picta, a species from Asia known as the painted woolly bat or fire bat, because its distinctive orange fur and ...

His small part of the Big Bat’s story has since remained like Kerry found it: tucked away. Until now. In all, 15 photos will join the lineup of the museum’s artifacts. Most show the days of putting ...

A painted woolly bat, or Kerivoula picta, roosts under a leaf in Indonesia. Unlike its cave-dwelling cousins, this species does not live in groups, but as individuals or pairs in fields and forests in ...

Despite declining numbers in the wild, hundreds of specimens like this of Kerivoula picta—or painted wooly bat—are being sold on Etsy, eBay and Amazon as jewelry, Halloween decorations ...