One of these animals is the painted woolly bat. The bats are collected and killed for their striking black and orange ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity and Monitor Conservation Research Society filed a legal petition today asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect painted woolly bats under ...

In their native Southeast Asia, painted woolly bats often gather in pairs or small groups, roosting in tree hollows and on the underside of suspended bird nests, leaves, and eaves of buildings.

A painted woolly bat, or Kerivoula picta, roosts under a leaf in Indonesia. Unlike its cave-dwelling cousins, this species does not live in groups, but as individuals or pairs in fields and ...

Painted woolly bats are being sold on Amazon, eBay and Etsy in a "frivolous" and illegal online trade, said The Times, and the trade could pose a danger not only to bat species, but also to humans ...

(NewsNation) — An orange bat species is under threat due to the sale of stuffed and mounted specimens as home decor, researchers report. The “near threatened” kerivoula picta, or painted ...