It was a tense competition. Out of eight bats who were finalists in the Halloween beauty pageant, it was down to the dark-furred hoary bat from Oregon named Hoary Potter — against a western ...

The hoary bat is a summer resident to the Adirondacks, probably occurring throughout the park, but its relative abundance and distribution are not well known. Merriam, who spent an entire summer ...

Hoary Potter, a hoary bat, took home the crown against Lestat, a western small-footed bat from Idaho. William ShakespEAR and Barbara were the other Oregon bats who won in the previous two years.

Hoary bats are known for swift flight and wrapping themselves in their own tails to mimic leaves and hide from predators, the agency said. Because of this attribute, it estimated Hoary Potter ...

Halloween is the last day of International Bat Week, and the day Hoary Potter, a hoary bat, has defeated his opponent, crowning him the 2024 Bat Beauty Contest winner. Lestat, a western small ...