Terry Husted lives in DeWitt County, a major pathway for migrating birds in central Illinois. After a company submitted plans to construct a wind farm in his area, Husted said he grew worried about the potential for collisions.
Ecology
Jun 10, 2024
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A bat infected with a fungus that has killed millions of bats across the country was found in Longmont last month.
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2024
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On a bright December morning, three wildlife biologists waded through knee-deep water and past scribbled graffiti into a dark drainage culvert in northeast Georgia.
Plants & Animals
Feb 8, 2024
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It's officially spooky season: Nights are creeping in earlier. A fall chill has descended. Skeletons and witches and jack-o-lanterns dot every street.
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2023
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Catching bats is a difficult taskâthey're small, they fly and they blend into the night when they're out after dark. That can make studying these mammals challenging, despite their ubiquity: bats are found on nearly every ...
Ecology
Oct 24, 2023
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Deep in a cool, damp cave in Vermont, tens of thousands of furry, chocolate brown creatures stir.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2023
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More than half of North America's bat species are likely to diminish significantly as climate change, disease and habitat loss take their toll, scientists warned Monday.
Ecology
Apr 17, 2023
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In a new study, researchers have found that little brown bats suffering from white-nose syndrome (WNS) greatly increased their foraging activity at artificial bug buffets. The buffets, located near hibernation sites, will ...
Ecology
Mar 24, 2023
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The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease.
Ecology
Nov 29, 2022
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Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has asked U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to refrain from identifying critical habitats for tricolored bats over concerns about how it could limit the state's ability to produce energy.
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2022
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