Below are Hick’s thoughts on a number of issues from his talk and interviews with the Explorer.

National Park Service staff recently confirmed the presence of white-nose syndrome in three bats at the site. Two were on the west side of the park and one was on the east side of the park. The news ...

A little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) is seen with white fuzz on its nose, a characteristic of the deadly white-nose syndrome. Ryan von Linden / New York Department of Environmental Conservation ...

Nation & World Science A Fungus Devastated North American Bats. A New Species Could Deliver a Killer Blow. May 28, 2025 at 12:21 pm Updated June 2, 2025 at 10:49 am By CARL ZIMMER ...

Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada. A cluster of greater ...

By capturing species- and tissue-level differences in virus replication and immune response, the bat organoid platform opens new avenues for early detection, risk assessment, and intervention.

A project in the North York Moors National Park has gathered over one million bat recordings, confirming the presence of at least 10 bat species including the brown long-eared bat pictured here ...

A new report by experts from the U.S., Canada and Mexico says more than half of the continent's 154 bat species are at risk of “severe population decline” in the next 15 years.

Yet some species of bats are known to eavesdrop on the echolocation and social calls of others near them in flight, Gillam says, so this intel could be of benefit.

Mexican long-nosed bats were listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1988, but according to Bat Conservation International, the population has decreased by 50% in recent decades.

Mexican long-nosed bats were listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1988, but according to Bat Conservation International, the population has decreased by 50% in recent decades.

One of North Carolina’s smallest bat species is on the brink of extinction. But an unlikely ally is developing a plan to help save them — Albemarle Corp., the world’s largest lithium mining ...