They went batty for this beauty. A bat from Oregon named William ShakespEAR won a nationwide beauty contest for the winged mammels. The female Townsend’s big-eared bat won the annual contest organized ...

ASHLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Oregon and Washington announced on Thursday, the last day of International Bat Week, that an Oregon bat was crowned the winner of the 2024 ...

The Bureau of Land Management hosts its “Bat Beauty Contest” to raise awareness about the animal's ecological importance. The agency is posting photos of bats from public land across the country on ...

An Oregon bat was once again declared the Bureau of Land Management's most beautiful bat for the third year in a row during the annual Bat Beauty Contest. Hoary Potter, a hoary bat, took home the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Move over, Fat Bear Week. A bat beauty contest is now stepping up to the plate. The Bureau of Land Management has hosted the online competition since 2019 to raise awareness about the ...

CORRY— For the Johnson's, royalty runs in the family. Beauty pageant royalty, that is. Mandi Johnson, 37, has spent most of her life immersed in the world of beauty pageants, whether it be as a ...