The Ozark big-eared bat is a threatened species found only in a small number of caves in the southern central United States. Also known as the western big-eared bat, the long-eared bat ...

Second, the big bat had evolved more than once. Again, nobody had ever suspected anything other than there being just one species of bigger bat." Now, it turns out, the larger bats may have ...

In this instance, less energy is required to catch a few large insects than hundreds of tiny moths or gnats. Other bats use their feet to snatch insects from the surface of ponds and lakes. With the ...

In the U.S. Northeast, where white-nose syndrome has been killing bats for the longest period of time (since 2006), the northern long-eared have declined dramatically. Because of this species' strong ...

While some bat species have seen up to a 99% population decline, Rafinesque's big-eared bat has shown a strong resistance to ...

Much of what is known about the species has been ... The koopmanhilli bat is threatened by “human disturbances” to their habitat, specifically large swaths of continuous forest being broken ...

Of the world’s 1,400 bat species, only eight live in Minnesota. Four of the eight spend the winter hibernating The big brown bat is one of MInnesota's eight known bat species and one of four ...

Named for the broad ears that hang over their foreheads, bonneted bats are the largest of Florida’s 13 bat species and the second largest in North America. The bats roost in old tree cavities and ...