While some bat species have seen up to a 99% population decline, Rafinesque's big-eared bat has shown a strong resistance to ...

Being so closely packed together allows the baby bats to stay warm despite their lack of hair, while the mothers can leave the cave to hunt for food. Even more incredible is that when the mother ...

The bats are common throughout Africa, but this cave was special—shaped like an ... I sat down at my own dinner table for the first time since leaving for Africa. My wife, Kathy, and all three ...

When bats prematurely wake from their hibernation and leave their haunts ... and their poop is a food source for many cave organisms. Since the arrival of white-nose syndrome in North America ...

Globally, caves provide important refugia for bats. The Grand Canyon, more than 400 km (250 mi) long, consists of steep-sided, rocky formations with hundreds to thousands of natural caves. Two of ...

Follow National Geographic Photographer Sofia Jaramillo as she goes wild caving, bat-watching, and beyond in San Antonio, Texas. National Geographic Photographer and Explorer Sofia Jaramillo is ...

One of the most notable sights at Carlsbad Cavern is the spectacle of the park’s 400,000 Brazilian free-tailed bats leaving the cave each night at sunset in dramatic clouds of flapping wings; visitors ...

This accelerated cycle causes the bats to burn up the fat reserves they built up over the summer. The bats also leave their hibernation caves, which maintain a warmer, steadier temperature through the ...