ALL EARS: Virginia big-eared bats, seen here hibernating in a West Virginia cave, are one of four endangered bat species that are subject to disturbance from logging in the Pisgah and Nantahala ...

POPE COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Wildlife biologists recently found a bat in the Shawnee National Forest that had been banded more than 15 years ago. “This adult male Indiana bat was captured and banded on ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials with the U.S. Forest Service are cautiously optimistic that a new treatment may help bats survive a disease known as white-nose syndrome that has killed millions of bats.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - A coalition of conservation groups is suing the U.S. Forest Service, accusing the service of failing to protect endangered bats in a new forest plan for the ...

A fungal disease threatening the survival of bats throughout the U.S. was found in a southeast New Mexico cave for the first time in the region, and officials are stepping up efforts to prevent its ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Caves on Missouri Department of Conservation and Mark Twain National Forest lands will be closed for one year following the discovery last week of white nose syndrome in Missouri, ...

Indiana’s bat populations are under pressure, and the Hoosier National Forest is reminding would-be spelunkers to stay out of caves until May. White-nose syndrome, caused by a fungus that started ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Bernheim Forest has been been protecting several endangered species since the Endangered Species Act was signed into law 50 years ago. The forest in Clermont, Kentucky is ...

New bat activity data is helping guide conservation efforts in the New Forest.

Researchers have found that bats specialized to feed on insects within the dense canopy of tropical forests are disproportionately affected by hydropower development. The study in Peninsular Malaysia ...