Tag: Bats

The deadly white-nose syndrome has wiped out almost all northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) and tri-colored bats (Perimyotis subflavus) in North America in the past...

As humans continue to social distance to stop the spread of COVID-19, swarms of bats in Colorado haven’t taken the hint that gathering together could facilitate the spread of a...

Malik Oedin and his colleagues first started to notice unexpected remains of flying foxes turning up in the scat of feral cats in New Caledonia, a French territory in the...

The deep freeze in Texas affected a lot of species, including bats. Across the state, residents, biologists and park employees have discovered dead bats under bridges and live bats suffering...

A changing climate has pushed more species of bats into new areas, where they may be more likely to share viruses like the one that causes COVID-19 in humans, researchers...

Little brown bats that survive the deadly white-nose syndrome have different genes than those that have died from it, researchers found, suggesting an evolutionary path for bats to survive a...

A picture can be worth a thousand words when finding imagery to promote the conservation of animals that aren’t the most charismatic. Researchers recently found that photographs of bats, especially...

Birds aren’t the only animals that have to worry about airplanes. A new study shows that aircrafts are striking more mammals every year. Researchers conducted a global review on the...

Cecilia Sánchez was studying flying foxes in Australia when she discovered that bats captured in areas with a larger human impact tended to have higher concentrations of metal contaminants in...

The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome thrives in warmer areas — the same temperatures that little brown bats prefer to hibernate in. That can create an “ecological trap” for the...