Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Washington state is home to 15 species of bats and Washington authorities are urgently hunting down new cases of white-nose ...

Washington is the latest state to be added to a concerning list of confirmed cases of White Nose Syndrome (WNS). The disease has killed millions of bats in the 10-years it has been documented. Friday ...

More than 1,400 bat species are known worldwide, making them the second most populous group of mammals after rodents, according to Bat Conservation International. “One in five mammals is a bat,” its ...

WASHINGTON — The dog days of summer arrived Saturday at Nationals Park. Bruce, a 21-month-old golden retriever, fetched a bat during a ceremony before the Washington Nationals’ game against the Miami ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and its research partners found cases of white-nose syndrome in bats and the fungus that causes it in 11 new counties this year. The often-fatal disease ...

Wildlife officials say the fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome has spread to seven more counties in Western Washington and four in Eastern Washington. The fungus that causes white-nose ...

With Fat Bear Week over, the Bureau of Land Management is hosting a Bat Beauty Contest. It is something that they do every October to find “the most stunning bat photographed” in the Bureau of Land ...

The Washington Nationals had a call-up that everyone agreed will be fan favorite whether one likes the NL East team or another baseball franchise. On June 14, Bruce the Bat Dog debuted against the ...