News tagged with hibernating bats
Great Tit Turns Out to be a Killer
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Great Tit is an aggressive songbird found in Britain, continental Europe, parts of Northern Africa, and much of Asia. It is believed to survive mostly on seeds, nuts, fruit, insects, beetles, ...
Forest Service closes caves to stop bat fungus
May 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The U.S. Forest Service is closing thousands of caves and former mines in national forests in 33 states in an effort to control a fungus that has already killed an estimated 500,000 bats.
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Gray bats may be making a comeback
Jan 30, 2006 |
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Researchers say a species of bat once near extinction may be thriving in two Tennessee caves.
We're off then: The evolution of bat migration
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Not just birds, but also a few species of bats face a long journey every year. Researchers at Princeton University in the U.S. and at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Radolfzell, ...
Newly identified fungus implicated in white-nose syndrome in bats
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Oct 30, 2008 |
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A previously undescribed, cold-loving fungus has been linked to white-nose syndrome, a condition associated with the deaths of over 100,000 hibernating bats in the northeastern United States. The findings are published in ...
Bats recognize the individual voices of other bats
Jun 05, 2009 |
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Bats can use the characteristics of other bats' voices to recognize each other, according to a study by researchers from the University of Tuebingen, Germany and the University of Applied Sciences in Konstanz, Germany. The ...
Dying bats in the Northeast remain a mystery
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May 08, 2008 |
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Investigations continue into the cause of a mysterious illness that has resulted in the deaths of thousands of bats since March 2008. At more than 25 caves and mines in the northeastern U.S, bats exhibiting a condition now ...
Study looks at metal baseball bat safety
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Baseball players who use alloy bats are no more likely to be injured than those using wooden bats, a study in Illinois found.
To survive, tiger moths are bright for birds, click for bats
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Sep 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you ate a spoiled hamburger from a fast-food restaurant, chances are you would be reminded of the experience every time you saw the chain's logo.
Team offers first look at how bats land (w/Video)
Mar 20, 2009 |
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People have always been fascinated by bats, but the scope of that interest generally is limited to how bats fly and their bizarre habit of sleeping upside down. Until now, no one had studied how bats arrive ...
Study focuses on bats' hibernation periods
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Jul 03, 2007 |
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A U.S. researcher is questioning the conventional theory that bats should maximize their hibernation periods when no insects are available to eat.
Researchers investigate mass bat deaths
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Feb 21, 2008 |
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First it was bees that were mysteriously dying. Now it's bats.
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