White-nose syndrome spreads from bat to bat, but it’s also believed to spread when people move from cave to cave with contaminated gear. Research has demonstrated that the fungal pathogen can live in ...

The Ozark big-eared bat is a threatened species found only in a small number of caves in the southern central United States. Also known as the western big-eared bat, the long-eared bat ...

Where it lives: Abanda cave system, Ogooue-Maritime Province, Gabon What it eats: Cave crickets and bats Why it's awesome: Deep inside one of Gabon's cave systems lives an unusual population of ...

In hard-hit Bat Cave, security guards vanish, businesses fight closure, and locals share concerns over safety, roads, ...

which is the technical name for bat excrement, but you get the idea — for fun. The crocs that call the caves home actually eat the bats that live inside, and with tens of thousands of bats in ...

Trespassers to central Queensland caves are frightening endangered ghost bats into abandoning their offspring, reducing the already shrinking population. Mount Etna, north of Rockhampton ...

The three species — Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats and gray bats — all rely on caves and other underground habitat for survival. All three species are listed as endangered or threatened under ...