Federal officials Tuesday proposed designating the Northern long-eared bat, once common but ravaged by a deadly fungus, as an endangered species. The population has plummeted since colonies ...
In a reversal of a previous “threatened” listing that exempted destruction of the northern long-eared bat’s habitat from protection, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued a proposal to list ...
A rare bat sighted in Scioto County leads McCormac to wonder about the endangered species and how it came to be that way.
On Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, the Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered, a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by a deadly fungus.
Pennsylvania is home to an abundance of unique and diverse species spread across the state, and those include 23 that are recognized as endangered by the Commonwealth. Among these animals facing ...
Keen’s myotis is brown in color, darker above than below, and its fur is silky, not glossy like that of the little brown bat which it resembles. The ears of this species are long, narrow, and extend ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list it as endangered. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials on Tuesday proposed designating the northern long-eared bat, once common ...
Also known as the western big-eared bat, the long-eared bat, and the lump-nosed bat, its appearance is defined by a pair of outsize ears and a lump-adorned nose. These bats, whose bodies are ...
The northern long-eared bat was reclassified as endangered in 2022 as populations continued to decline. According to the FWS, data indicates that white-nose syndrome alone has caused estimated ...
The Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests in western North Carolina provide habitat for four critically endangered bats: the ...
Grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus). Credit: Adrià López-Baucells. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...