A subterranean expedition led by Prof. Xu Jianchu from the Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences highlights the importance of understanding the ways in which the relationships between cave organisms ...
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Jun 30, 2020
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided against designating any caves, mines or forests as critical habitat for the northern long-eared bat, the agency said Monday.
Ecology
Apr 25, 2016
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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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The risk is low that scientists could pass coronavirus to North American bats during winter research, according to a new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey. Scientists find the overall risk to be 1 in 1,000 if no protective ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2021
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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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The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in hibernating bats has been detected on three species in the Texas counties of Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Hardeman, King and Scurry.
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2017
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An Associate Professor in veterinary public health at Massey University has been involved in developing tools to watch bats as they hibernate that may be key to saving them from a disease decimating their populations.
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2017
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The fungus that kills bats showed up in Texas only two years ago, but now it is marching across the state
Ecology
May 13, 2019
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For summer visitors at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center, the show started at dusk.
Ecology
Nov 2, 2015
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Researchers working for the U.S. Geological Survey have identified the fungal culprit behind an often deadly skin infection in snakes in the eastern U.S. Published this week in mBio, an online open-access journal of the American ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2015
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