Bats modify their red blood cells to become thicker and more rigid when they hibernate – and if we can figure out how, people ...

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

Of the world’s 1,400 bat species, only eight live in Minnesota. Four of the eight spend the winter hibernating ...

Like most bats, this species flies near the surface of water and drinks while in flight. Little brown bats hibernate in September and October, emerging in April - June (females emerge first). Fat ...

What is white-nose syndrome, and how does it kill bats? White-nose syndrome is the result of a fungus called Pseudogymnoascus destructans that invades and ingests the skin of hibernating bats, ...

But the bat undergoes a true hibernation: its body temperature plummets, and its pulse slows dramatically, which brings the bat strikingly close to death. In April of 2024 I travelled to Japan on ...

The culprit soon became apparent – Pseudogymnoascus destructans, an invasive fungus that thrives in the cold, damp conditions of underground caves where bats hibernate. As bat populations across ...

One difference between these species, besides their fur color, is that big brown bats stay in the state year-round by hibernating through the winter. Mirror photo by Rachel Foor Wildlife Biologist ...