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Our Most Recent! April 2013, Volume 11, Number 4 |
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The little pied bat (aka pied butterfly bat) of central and west Africa is one of the most dazzling of bats, with dramatic white ... The Geomyces destructans fungus that causes White-nose Syndrome was found on a few Oklahoma bats in 2010, but no symptoms were ... The youngsters, some wearing elaborate bat costumes, waved their arms as part of a playful demonstration of how bats can fly. ... |
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March 2013, Volume 11, Number 3 |
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Bats, says the LiveScience website, are among the most successful groups of mammals, with more than 1,250 species. Other than ... Graduate student Erin Fraser applied today's technology to bat specimens collected over the past 135 years to begin unraveling ... Vandals firing AK-47 rifles and shotguns at one of Lebanon's most important bat caves massacred some 5,000 fruit bats – out of ... |
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February 2013, Volume 11, Number 2 |
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Africa is home to more than 250 species of bats, a remarkably diverse and beneficial collection of flying mammals that face dire ... A Critically Endangered bat – the Rodrigues flying fox, found only on a single island some 1,500 miles off the coast of ... Bats are wonderfully adapted for their unique role as the only true flyers among mammals, and researchers have studied – and ... |
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January 2013, Volume 11, Number 1 |
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New research suggests that bats live exceptionally long lives and survive infections from some very nasty viruses because of ... Bat conservationists from throughout Sub-Saharan Africa – a small but wonderfully dedicated collection of individuals who often ... Bat guano is a terrific natural fertilizer that has been mined around the world for centuries. It’s still mined in North ... |
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