The Ozark big-eared bat once lived in caves in Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. However, they have apparently abandoned their Missouri habitat due to human encroachment and cave disturbance.

Can you guess what they eat? Come join MDC naturalists at the Joplin Public Library to learn about Missouri’s bats! We will ...

Thomas Kunz, a mammalogist at Boston University who studied and advocated for bats, died April 13 from complications associated with COVID-19. He was 81. Kunz was born in Independence, Missouri, on ...