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. ...
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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 can ...
Rapid declines raise concerns about hoary bat’s future
Hoary bat numbers are plummeting in the Pacific Northwest, according to a recent study, raising concerns about the ability of the species to survive throughout the ...
Bacteria treatment helps bats survive white-nose syndrome
White-nose syndrome has devastated bat populations across much of North America, but researchers have found that applying probiotic bacteria can reduce the ...
Vaccination may help protect bats from deadly disease
A new study shows that vaccination may reduce the impact of white-nose syndrome in bats, marking a milestone in the international fight against one of the most ...
Are little brown bats developing resistance to white-nose syndrome?
In New York — the first state where the deadly white-nose syndrome was detected in 2006 — biologists recently made a surprising observation: some small ...
Why does WNS affect American bats more than European bats?
White-nose syndrome doesn’t always kill bats. Though massive numbers of the flying mammals have been wiped out from the fungal disease in North America, many ...
Hibernating Bats Have Immune Response to WNS
When little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) infected with white nose syndrome are hibernating, their immune systems are still actively fighting, contrary to previous ...