/news/tags/bats bats en-US Copyright Tue, 13 Sep 2022 19:22:48 GMT /news/npr-news/npr-news/2022-09-13/tricolored-bats-could-become-endangered-as-a-fungal-disease-decimates-their-population White-nose syndrome is killing off many bat colonies across North America. The same disease is decimating the northern long-eared bat population, which is also on the brink of extinction. Tue, 13 Sep 2022 19:22:48 GMT /news/npr-news/npr-news/2022-09-13/tricolored-bats-could-become-endangered-as-a-fungal-disease-decimates-their-population Dustin Jones /news/health-science/2017-07-10/neomed-researchers-seek-the-fountain-of-youth-by-studying-bats Bats are the only flying mammal. But that's just one of a long list of bats' unique attributes, including an unusually long life and the ability to avoid… Mon, 10 Jul 2017 09:18:00 GMT /news/health-science/2017-07-10/neomed-researchers-seek-the-fountain-of-youth-by-studying-bats Jeff St. Clair /news/health-science/2016-08-16/new-strategies-are-tried-in-the-ageless-mosquito-wars Yellow fever, malaria, Zika virus. Mosquitoes have been bringing misery to people for as long as there have been people. That’s also how long people have… Tue, 16 Aug 2016 04:40:37 GMT /news/health-science/2016-08-16/new-strategies-are-tried-in-the-ageless-mosquito-wars /news/health-science/2016-01-18/reaction-mixed-to-new-federal-bat-protection-law New federal rules will go into effect next month to protect a bat species ravaged by a fungal disease over the past decade. For Ohio Public Radio, WCPN’s… Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:12:36 GMT /news/health-science/2016-01-18/reaction-mixed-to-new-federal-bat-protection-law