INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana bat, a state and federally endangered species, spends the winter hibernating in caves. But, over time, one of its favorite springtime hangouts has increasingly ...

Order: Chiroptera Family: Vespertilionidae Range and Habitat The range of the Indiana bat is a large portion of the eastern U.S., and in configuration resembles an inverted “y”, the main trunk ...

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 ...

The conservation group has set aside more than 600 acres of critical habitat that provides two of Indiana’s endangered bat species with the resources they need.

The habitat loss became a growing topic of concern for some area environmentalists as commercialization and the development of formerly untouched land sees the removal of some potential bat habitat.

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 ...

The Indiana bat has been on the federal endangered species list since the 1960s, but a wildlife experts studying the endangered species have made a promising, new discovery in Vermont.

The Indiana bat – named, not surprisingly, because it was first identified in Indiana – have been considered endangered since the late 1960s. Habitat destruction across the bat’s range in ...

Although the Indiana bat has been endangered for decades and recent threats make the species’ survival less likely, habitat protection, disease treatment and research are shining a ray of hope ...

Bats are essential to the ecosystem and an asset to gardens. Though they've lost a lot of natural habitats, there are ways to help your local population thrive.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sent out a new conservation plan to protect endangered bat species from habitat loss as a result of routine development projects.

The conserved land in Hinesburg appears to have contributed significantly to the growth of the Indiana bat colony. Habitat there features a mix of shagbark hickory, dead trees with peeling bark ...