Bats play important roles in our ecosystems and economies, but they also face a variety of threats — many of them human caused — which are causing global population declines. What are the major threats to bats and what can be done to protect our flying friends. Bats are the second most diverse order of…
White-nose syndrome is disease devastating hibernating bat colonies in North America. It’s arrival was mysterious, but it is now one of the biggest threats to bat species on the continent. Biologists with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation are conducting their annual winter surveys of hibernating bats in caves and mines. What they…