This bat species is part of the leaf-nosed bat family, meaning they have a triangular flap of tissue shaped like a leaf at the end of their noses. Those noses help them detect the scent of ...

Although various bat species eat different kinds of food ... They emit a series of supersonic cries through the mouth or nose and detect flying insects by the echoes reflected back. Those species that ...

The fungus is known to cause white-nose syndrome, a disease responsible ... the disease could begin infecting California’s 25 different bat species within the next several years, according ...

A fast-moving disease is killing bats across North America. We need your help to stop it. White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats since it was first discovered in the U.S. Northeast in 2006.

A bat tested a year before in a different location also was confirmed ... A sighting of white-nose near the caves in April 2024 confirmed the disease’s presence. Still, Loucks said, Oklahoma ...