The big brown bat is the Adirondack’s largest bat; only the hoary bat is larger. The long, lustrous fur is brown. The ears, wing and tail membranes are black. Total length is 105-123 mm (4.1-4.8 in).
Starting in 2013, the Alaska Board of Game started ramping up efforts to reduce or even eliminate Kenai brown bears by allowing an unsustainable number of bears to be killed through sport hunts — even ...
Named OSO18, the bear has attacked 65 grazing dairy cattle over the past four years, killing 31 of them. Experts estimate the predator is a 10-year-old male brown bear measuring a relatively ...