"Hibernating bats" refers to bats that go into a state of deep sleep during the winter season to conserve energy and survive when food is scarce. Full definition
Fungus is killing millions of hibernating bats in North America, and the resulting disease is spreading. (norwalkreflector.com)
The first sign that something was up emerged in February 2006, when a caver photographed hibernating bats with white muzzles at Howe's Cave in Albany, New York state. (newscientist.com)
I participate in the management of the land, at the field station and other university - owned areas: a regionally significant wetland, a virgin prairie remnant, an abandoned iron mine that's an important site for hibernating bats. (science.sciencemag.org)