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 ...

Two men from upstate New York have died from a type of pneumonia after using bat poop to grow cannabis. The men, who were based in Rochester, developed fatal cases of histoplasmosis: a lung infection ...

The common name of this bat is an honor of the Reverend John Henry Keen who, in 1894, obtained the first specimen from which the species was described. Keen’s myotis is brown in color, darker above ...

Two men from New York have died after using bat poop as a fertilizer to grow cannabis. According to Live Science, the ...

During winter, in northern Canada, little brown bats go into a form of hibernation called torpor and only need to breathe once every 90 minutes to stay alive. A single bat can consume one third of ...

Why You Want Bats in Your Backyard With more than 40 species of bats found in North America, chances are good that these flying mammals are cruising through your neighborhood. Attract bats by ...

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 ...

FILE - This undated photo from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows little brown bats with the fuzzy white patches of fungus typical of white nose syndrome, which affects at least 12 species ...

Once the most common species of bat in Pennsylvania, the little brown bat is now endangered. However, there are things you can do to help. Steph Stronsick and Eric Morlock of the Pennsylvania Bat ...

When Mike Riley bought a historic farmhouse in eastern Montana about 16 years ago, he didn’t know the attic provided a ...

As its name suggests, this bat is distinguishable from other Myotis species by its long ears, which extend beyond its nose when pushed forward (average length .625 inches). This species is similar in ...

Wisconsin’s bats are seeing a slight resurgence after White-Nose Syndrome depleted populations across the country. The ...