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NEWS ABOUT: bats

bats stories: 8 news summaries

 Bat Hitched 
 Short Ride on Shuttle 

Stowaway clung to Discovery's fuel tank through blastoff

Mar 18, 09 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A small bat clung to the space shuttle Discovery's fuel tank throughout its launch Sunday, Space.com reports. Observation teams had hoped it would fly away before liftoff, but images reveal it stayed with the shuttle as it blasted off from Kennedy Space Center. NASA officials, who judged the bat... More »

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NASA • space shuttle • Kennedy Space Center • bats • Discovery

 Deadly Bat Plague Spreads 

Fewer bats could impact harvests

Feb 4, 09 3:58 AM CST
(Newser) - A mysterious disorder decimating the bat population in upstate New York has spread through the northeast and could be headed across the nation. The disease, called white nose syndrome after the white smudges found on infected bats, has spread to six states in two years, killing hundreds of thousands of... More »

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New York • US Fish and Wildlife Service • fungus • bats • caves • white nose syndrome • Department of Environmental Conservation • Geological Survey • Wildlife Health Center

 Name This Species—for a Fee 

Purdue auctions rights on newly discovered bats, turtles to raise research cash

Dec 8, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Purdue University has some recently discovered bats and turtles to name, and you can be the one to do it—if you’re willing to pony up some cash, the Chicago Tribune reports. The university is auctioning off naming rights to a number of species, planning to use the money... More »

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species • bats • Purdue • name • animal • turtle

 New Fungus 
 Linked to 
 Bat Die-Offs 

Scientists probe mass deaths in caves

Oct 31, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have identified a new fungus that might be responsible for the mass deaths of bats in the Northeast. If the findings are borne out, they could help researchers understand and eventually stop the contagion—dubbed white-nose syndrome—that has wiped out entire colonies in their caves, the Los Angeles ... More »

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DNA • bats • hibernation • pesticide • mass deaths • Bat Conservation International • Thomas H. Kunz • U.S. Geological Survey • National Wildlife Health Center

Author Offers Creepy Look at Critters With Taste for Blood

Bats, bedbugs, leeches, and mosquitoes have a common thirst

Oct 21, 08 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Halloween nearly upon us, the author of new book on bloodsucking creatures—vampire bats, bedbugs, leeches, and the like—leads the New York Times on a sanguivore safari. The world's bloodthirsty creatures vary enormously, as Bill Schutt details in Dark Banquet, and some are mere dabblers, but many specialists... More »

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blood • bats • bedbugs • insects • biology • Halloween • animal • Bill Schutt

 Bat Deaths Perplex Scientists 

Syndrome could devastate population

Aug 1, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Experts are still in the dark about what’s causing the deaths of vast numbers of bats in the Northeast, but some theories have emerged, Salon reports. Some scientists believe white-nose syndrome is driven by global warming, while others are looking hard at pesticides. In either case, humans may have... More »

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bees • global warming • ecology • illness • fungus • bats • hibernation • animal • pesticide

 Deadly Disease Ravaging Bats  

Puzzling 'white nose syndrome' may be deadliest ever

Mar 25, 08 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mysterious syndrome is wiping out colonies of hibernating bats and baffling biologists, the New York Times reports. Experts don't know what causes the "white nose syndrome" or how it spreads, but they warn that bat populations in the Northeast are being devastated. Field researchers report bats flying out... More »

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endangered species • wildlife • bats • biologists • hibernation • caves

Stranded by War, Forest Yields Treasures

Remote, unspoiled region of Congo conceals 6 new species

Aug 8, 07 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have discovered six animal species in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, an area closed to scientists for nearly 50 years. The region is rich in biodiversity, Reuters reports, and beyond the bat, rodents, frogs, and shrews found on a brief trip this past winter, the... More »

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ecology • wildlife • Democratic Republic of Congo • species • frogs • bats • animal

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