Tag: big brown bats

January 9, 2023

As white-nose kills some bats, others expand their diets

Big brown bats may be taking over the ecological food niche of little brown bats due to the latter’s greater susceptibility to a deadly fungal pathogen. “We’ve gone from a...

March 14, 2022

Researchers use genetics to track rabies in bats

Researchers have begun to sequence the genes of rabies viruses detected in New England bats using a technique they say can provide important information about how rabies spreads and t...

March 10, 2020

Meant to help bats, these devices may actually turn them away

Pipes allowing bats entrance into caves may distort sound and deter them from entering In an effort to keep people out of dangerous caves and mines, managers often put up...

December 30, 2019

As white-nose kills some bats, others expand their diets

Big brown bats may be taking over the ecological food niche of little brown bats due to the latter’s greater susceptibility to a deadly fungal pathogen. “We’ve gone from a...

December 2, 2019

For North Dakota bats, dwindling wetlands are crucial

Under the best of circumstances, bats can be tricky to study. In North Dakota, where caves are few and bats may roost wherever they can find a rocky crevice, it...

October 10, 2019

JWM: Bat colonies relocate when trees fall

Bat maternity colonies will pick up and change forest areas when the quality of their home trees deteriorate, according to new research. This discovery, the first to report the movement...