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Scientists Confirm Endangered Bats Are Migrating in Arizona for the First Time, Using DNA Clues Found in the Environment
Each spring, pregnant Mexican long-nosed bats fly north from Mexico to parts of southern Texas and New Mexico, feasting on nectar from saguaro, cardon and organ pipe cacti as they migrate. Sometimes, ...
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From the vault: Why bats don’t fly in the rain
On rainy nights, the sky belongs to the raindrops. Birds have settled in, insects hide, and bats—nature’s only furry flying ...
Mexican long-nosed bats are no strangers to southeastern Arizona. The proof is in the saliva
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof has been ...
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Bats play a key role in combating rice pests in Southeast Asia
Scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and the Prince of Songkla University in Thailand have demonstrated that Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats not only ...