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

Bats modify their red blood cells to become thicker and more rigid when they hibernate – and if we can figure out how, people ...

Of the world’s 1,400 bat species, only eight live in Minnesota. Four of the eight spend the winter hibernating ...

Many people are surprised to learn that there are bats in Alaska at all, said Blejwas, who is based in Juneau. They’ve proven ...

What is white-nose syndrome, and how does it kill bats? White-nose syndrome is the result of a fungus called Pseudogymnoascus destructans that invades and ingests the skin of hibernating bats, ...

Spring is right around the corner and that means rodent and bat encounters are, too. Knowing what to do after finding rodent droppings or a bat is critical to preventing diseases like hantavirus and ...

But the bat undergoes a true hibernation: its body temperature plummets, and its pulse slows dramatically, which brings the bat strikingly close to death. In April of 2024 I travelled to Japan on ...

The culprit soon became apparent – Pseudogymnoascus destructans, an invasive fungus that thrives in the cold, damp conditions of underground caves where bats hibernate. As bat populations across ...