The bats are part of wild populations living on public lands, and are photographed by agency staff. The first round of voting began Thursday and pitted a Townsend's big-eared bat named “Sir ...

The Ozark big-eared bat is a threatened species found only in a small number of caves in the southern central United States. Also known as the western big-eared bat, the long-eared bat ...

Honorable mentions in the competition also went to “Robert Battinson,” “Batt Damon,” “Sir Flaps-A-Lot the Townsend’s ...