Bats in the News

We hope to populate this page with new and interesting articles and videos about bats worldwide. We try to keep on top of all the cool stuff about bats that is being published, but if we miss something, send us a link at saveLucy[at]saveLucytheBat.org. And don’t forget to visit our You Tube Channel and Facebook page–just click the icons–for new news and videos!

Thermal Bats

This is an amazing video from The Scientist showing thermal images of bats emerging from Carlsbad Caverns.

Bats eavesdrop to learn to hunt

From BBC Nature comes an article on recent research that shows young bats learn skills from older experienced bats
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14854185

Bats only roost with their closest buddies

Planet Earth Online published a report on research that shows bats prefer to roost with friends; not just any bat will do!
http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1062

Bats’ decline could cost Midwestern farmers billions

An article from the Kansas City Star that shows how importants bats are to farmers and to everyone who eats food grown on North American farms!
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/12/3138503/bats-decline-could-cost-midwestern.html

It Came Out of the Dark

An article about WNS from the National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/~/link.aspx?_id=9EA8DB54D2CD41518F3DC1363C8DB723&_z=z

The Extreme Nature of Bats

A very cool teaser video for an upcoming feature on bats by Passamore Labs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ23ZMBcVMg

DYING OFF: Bat populations continue to drop across region

The New Hampshire Sentinal Source wrote about dissappearing bats
http://sentinelsource.com/features/environment/dying-off-bat-populations-continue-to-drop-across-region/article_dc006ab1-85dc-5c21-a32a-d0e4f2e691ba.html