Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MADISON - As darkness fell over the state capital Oct. 25, Makeela Magomolla, Tayah Dean and George Whitney led a group of more ...

For nearly two decades, scientists have watched white-nose syndrome tear through North American bat colonies while trying to explain how a dusting of fungus could be so deadly. Recent work now ...

Squirrels, platypuses, and gophers are all furry mammals that are most active at dawn, dusk, or in the dark. A series of surprising studies have shown that these animals share another, less obvious ...

The image of the bat with blood and feathers around its mouth perfectly illustrates the story now published in Science by an international research team. After nearly 25 years of research, the mystery ...

Community help is no longer just nice to have in the world of bat conservation, it is essential to large-scale bat monitoring ...

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MADISON - As darkness fell over the state capital Oct. 25, Makeela Magomolla, Tayah Dean and George Whitney led a group of more than 40 people on the winding paths of UW-Madison's Lakeshore Nature ...

UW-Madison's Bat Brigade meets weekly April through October at Lakeshore Nature Preserve to collect data about different bat species on campus. The group uses a device called an Echo Meter, which ...