I noted the evidence for a European origin for the fungus attacking little brown
myotis bats.
As I watched a local population of little brown
myotis bats wake up and hunt for some breakfast this late summer evening, I was surprised to see a blinking firefly hovering in my yard.
Not exact matches
Nineteen of 21 greater mouse - eared
bats (
Myotis myotis) crashed into a vertical metal plate at least once, the scientists report in the Sept. 8 Science.
New experiments suggest that members of one species of these furry flyers —
Myotis myotis, the greater mouse - eared
bat — can do something no other mammal is known to do: They detect and use polarized light to calibrate their long - distance navigation.
Infrared camera footage of wild
bat colonies inhabited by M.
myotis and two other
bat species showed that vertical plastic plates trick
bats in natural settings, as well.
Of 21 greater mouse - eared
bats (
Myotis myotis), 19 crashed into a vertical metal plate at least once, the researchers report September 7 in Science.
Yet researchers have also found carcasses of cave - hibernating
bats, including the little brown
bat and the northern long - eared
myotis — two species that have been devastated by the fungal disease white nose syndrome and that are now being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act.
As the little brown
myotis population in northeast shrinks, are there other species of
bat (or bird or...) that tend to fill the vacated insectivore niche?