Rep. Victoria Garcia Wilburn wrote a bill inspired by a fifth grade class that would designate Indiana's official state ...

Small numbers of males may remain at the winter sites. The Latin sodalis means companion, and refers to the social habits of hibernating Indiana bats. More than 90% of the total population of 500,000 ...

Every fall, Indiana bats gather in swarms at chosen hibernating spots to mate, swooping in and out of caves from dusk till dawn. Some humans might find this a frightening sight, but in fact bats are ...

The Woods are a portion of the larger Harrison County Glades Conservation Area, which spans more than 5,300 acres of forests, glades, caves and streams. Indiana and northern long-eared bats both ...

So what Hoosier mammal are the students pushing for the title? Buffalo? Nope. White-tailed deer? No. Bobcat? That ship has likely sailed. Then how about the appropriately named Indiana bat? Bingo! The ...