Fungus that causes white-nose syndrome found on bats in N.M.
Bureau of Land Management biologists have detected the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome on hibernating bats and cave walls in two eastern New Mexico caves. ...
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White-nose syndrome has devastated three bat species
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 ...
Colorado bat swarms may be vulnerable to white-nose syndrome
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 ...
Cats prey on bats around the world
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 ...
Watch: Texas freeze was tough on bats
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 ...
Is climate change linked to COVID-19 outbreak?
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, ...
Genes let some bats survive white-nose syndrome
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 ...
Can the right picture inspire people to conserve bats?
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 ...
Aircraft strikes on mammals are increasing
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 ...
Bats face complicated links between contaminants and disease
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 ...