While many people wouldn’t choose to have bats roosting in their property, they can make their home in your house more often than you might realise. Sheds are often a popular setting for bats, along with lofts. If you think that you might have bats present in your shed, then it’s worth learning more about […]
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The World’s Tiniest Bat Is In Big Trouble, But There Could Be Hope
The bumblebee bat, also known as Kitti’s hog-nosed ba is the smallest bat in the world, and has the smallest skull size of any mammal on earth. As TreeHugger reports, the bumblebee bat weighs on average less than .07 ounces and on 1.14 inches long, but the tiny species is at heightened risk from climate […]
Rapid Global Warming is Driving Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbills to Local Extinction
Global heating is exacerbating the harsh conditions associated with arid environments by elevating average air temperatures and increasing the frequency and intensity of heatwaves and drought. Possible consequences for animals inhabiting arid regions include increased frequency of mass mortality events and disastrous reproductive failures. However, heatwaves, especially in association with droughts, may also have insidious […]
A wing and a prayer: is there hope for Britain’s loneliest bat?
In a dank, disused railway tunnel in West Sussex hangs a brown, furry parcel, the sole known representative of Britain’s rarest mammal. Scientists don’t like to apply emotive adjectives to animals, but if ever there were a lonesome creature, it would be this greater mouse-eared bat. The bat’s reappearance in December for its 20th winter […]
‘Olympian’ bat killed by cat after record flight from UK to Russia
Nathusius’ pipistrelle weighing just 8g flew 1,254 miles across Europe A tiny record-breaking “Olympian” bat flew more than 1,200 miles from London to Russia but ended up being killed by a cat. The female Nathusius’ pipistrelle bat, weighing only 8g, was found on the ground after her 1,254-mile journey, after being attacked by the cat. […]
Can Texas Protect Its Creepy, Tiny, Blind, Rare Wildlife?
San Antonio, Texas – A ritual of nature is happening in the woody hills around Austin and San Antonio. The first golden-cheeked warblers, with brilliant yellow faces streaked with black, have arrived from Mexico and Central America to raise their young. The Texas Hill Country is the only place on Earth where this little songbird, […]
European bat population rises after years of decline, study finds
European bat numbers are recovering after years of decline, according to a wide-ranging study published yesterday. Scientists surveyed 16 European bat species in nine countries, including Britain, and found that the total number increased by more than 40% between 1993 and 2011. Conservation measures including legislation and managing habitats have helped to reverse the decline, […]
Five new, cryptic bats discovered in Senegal
An international research team led by Daurina Koubinova has discovered five new species of vesper bats during a series of expeditions to Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park. The new species are considered cryptic, because their genetic makeup is different despite physical similarities. The new bats have yet to be named. This was the first genetic study […]