All posts tagged with bats

(Natural News) Here’s some good news you can definitely drink to. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that the lesser long-nosed bat has made a full recovery. According to an EcoWatch article, the agave pollinator is the first U.S. bat species to be removed from the endangered species list. The lesser long-nosed bat […]

(Natural News) The massive depletion of tropical rainforests have driven many species of tropical flora and fauna into extinction. But a recent study of bat populations in the Brazilian Amazon suggested that displaced survivors from primary forests could potentially recover if there are secondary forests that can take them in, reported Science Daily. This is good news […]

(Natural News) Uganda is in the middle of a health care crisis as the deadly Marburg virus has once again hit the African nation. Health chiefs have announced that the virus, which is clinically similar to the Ebola virus, has been detected in five cases. The reports note that an emergency Marburg virus screening is being carried […]

(Natural News) An animal study has revealed that bats have regional dialects just like humans, and are able to decipher and mimic how other bats communicate. As part of the study, a team of researchers at the Tel Aviv University in Israel have caught pregnant female Egyptian fruit bats in central Israel. The female bats have been randomly […]

(Natural News) Humans may develop expert echolocation skills just like bats and marine mammals by producing clicking sounds with the mouth and listening to the reflected sound waves to perceive the surroundings, a study in revealed. As part of the study, a team of researchers at the Durham University and the Birmingham University in the U.K. examined three […]