{"id":903731,"date":"2026-11-02T23:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T23:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903731\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T23:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T23:06:11","slug":"portland-bat-ryan-goswing-tops-the-blm-bat-beauty-contest-oregon-takes-4-wins-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903731\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland bat Ryan GosWING tops the BLM Bat Beauty Contest, Oregon takes 4 wins in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 Portland\u2019s own pallid bat named \u201cRyan GosWING\u201d just took home top prize in the Bureau of Land Management\u2019s 2026 Bat Beauty Contest.<\/p>\n

With a handsome smile not unlike that of his on-screen namesake, Ryan GosWING racked up the votes during the beauty contest held leading up to Halloween in celebration of Bat Week.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said this is the fourth year in a row that an Oregon contestant has flown to the top of the annual contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to everyone across Oregon and Washington who came out to support Ryan GosWING,\u201d said Sarah P. Bennett, a BLM ‘spooksperson.’ \u201cWith four wins a row, I think we can confidently call this a dynasty\u2014or a \u2018cauldron\u2019 the case of bats.\u201d<\/p>\n

While celebrating the peak of the spooky season, this contest also serves as a reminder about the important role bats play in the local ecosystems.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey help control insect populations, pollinate plants, and disperse seeds, making them valuable residents of public lands across the country,\u201d the BLM said.<\/p>\n

The agency also highlighted the estimated $3 billion in pest control services that bats offer for American agriculture, saying pallid bats like GosWING hunt by sound, \u201cusing their adorably large ears to listen for insects moving on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can find more about the BLM\u2019s efforts to help wildlife habitats for bats, as well as more info on the other contestants, on the agency\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 Portland\u2019s own pallid bat named \u201cRyan GosWING\u201d just took home top prize in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-903731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}