Roads 'a serious threat' to rare bats
Roads present a serious threat to bat populations, indicating that protection policies are failing.
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Decades of bat observations reveal uptick in new causes of mass mortality
Reports of bat deaths worldwide due to human causes largely unique to the 21st century are markedly rising, according to a new USGS-led analysis published in Mammal Review.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2016
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Professor seeks to increase awareness, monitoring of declining bat populations in Maine
Erik Blomberg, assistant professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology at the University of Maine, wanted to bring the massive declines in bat populations to the public's attention and to educate ...
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Nov 6, 2015
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Bat disease fungus found to be widespread in northeast China
Bats in northeast China are infected with the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease that has decimated bat populations in North America since it first appeared in upstate New York in 2006. A team of American ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2015
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Once plentiful, northeastern bats now threatened by mysterious white-nose syndrome
For summer visitors at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center, the show started at dusk.
Ecology
Nov 2, 2015
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Bats important to survival of rare frog, other species
Bat poop matters. So says a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, study examining a little-known species, the Caucasian parsley frog, and its reliance on insects that breed in bat guano.
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Oct 21, 2015
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Can habitat protection save our disappearing bats?
In summertime, bats are a common feature in the night sky, swooping around backyards to gobble up mosquitos. Bats also help with crops: they act as a natural pesticide by feeding on harmful insects.
Ecology
Aug 4, 2015
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Bi-annual bat birthing helps Ebola persist
A bat-filled tree has been touted as the source of the on-going Ebola epidemic in Western Africa – now research from Massey University suggests that the twice yearly birthing of bats may also be responsible for maintaining ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2015
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Fossils link Caribbean bat extinction to humans, not climate change
Sharing caves with millions of bats, the Caribbean's first humans may have driven some species of the winged mammals to extinction.
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2015
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New ammunition in the battle to save North American bats from white-nose syndrome
It's been roughly eight years since white-nose syndrome (WNS) was first documented decimating bat populations in upstate New York. The disease is caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans which colonizes hibernating ...
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Jan 12, 2015
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