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 beetles, ...
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 ...
It was still light out when the first bats began leaving their roost. One by one, or sometimes in pairs, they swooped from the weather-beaten pine box, just over the heads of several people who had ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a beautiful fall day with temperatures hovering in the mid-70s, I headed out for a hike. I decided to visit a nature park I had ...
White-nose syndrome decimated hibernating local bat populations, including the Indiana bat. White-nose syndrome has killed over 90% of the bat populations in these three species, according to the U.S.
ELCO, Ill. (AP) -- Conservationists hope an abandoned mine in southern Illinois could help their efforts to prevent the extinction of tiny Indiana bats. At least 26,000 Indiana bats make their way ...
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 less ...
ELCO, Ill. (AP) -- Conservationists hope an abandoned mine in southern Illinois could help their efforts to prevent the extinction of tiny Indiana bats. At least 26,000 Indiana bats make their way ...