Fall sends Vermont’s bats into motion, which is why state wildlife officials want to remind people how they can help conserve the state's nine native species. Fall and spring are the perfect times to ...

DORSET, Vt. — Deep in a cool, damp cave in Vermont, tens of thousands of furry, chocolate brown creatures stir. The little brown bats, survivors of a deadly fungus that decimated their population, ...

It’s been over 15 years since an outbreak of the deadly white-nose syndrome decimated upwards of 90% of hibernating bats in the Green Mountain State. Today, five of the six Vermont species hit by the ...

MONTPELIER — Nearly all the little brown bats that hibernated in a Dorset cave last winter and were tagged with radio chips remained there until spring, an indication they weren’t affected by white ...

A bat was at the Vermont Statehouse just before the governor's budget address. A state employee spotted the bat perched high on a wall outside the House chamber on Tuesday and tweeted a photo of it.

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CHESTER Even though the tricolored bat has been added to the state s endangered species list, the state s bat population still struggles as white-nose syndrome continues to takes a toll on Vermont s ...

MIDDLEBURY, Vt., Aug. 20 (UPI) --Some 200 little brown bats have made their home in Green Mountain Power's hydro power facility in Middlebury, Vermont. Officials with the state's Fish & Wildlife ...

MANCHESTER -- The state's leading bat biologist updated area residents Tuesday on white-nose syndrome, a mysterious disease that is devastating bat populations in the Northeast and beyond, and his ...