Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! Unfortunately, I have some bad news to share. DNA from the fungus that causes White Nose Syndrome has been spotted in Californian bats for the first time. The fungus was sampled from four Little Brown…
[The long wait is over! Blogger Rachael is back! We couldn’t be happier. –Ed.] Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! I am so sorry that I wasn’t here for these last few blogs, I had a…
We know you all are missing Blogger Rachael very much, but in her absence we thought you could make do with a post about the orphans and what they’ve been up to! We currently have 17 orphans at headquarters, with…
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! I have some news to share. Early this school year, I was part of a school exchange program where a girl from German came and lived with my family for…
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! I have some exciting batty news! Scientists have figured out a way to study the echolocation of bats. By studying bat echolocation, they are learning about how bats hunt for…
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! I have some fun news for the people living in the Phoenix, AZ area! Later this month, 10,000 Mexican free-tailed bats will make their summer migration. Every year, these bats…
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! I have some really big news to share with you guys this week! Scientific researchers have reported that they are working on a new vaccine for bats that will combat…
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week. My thoughts are with the people of Colorado right now, so I thought I’d write about a bat from there. I found an adorable species called the Long-legged Myotis. As…
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week. It was a sad week for Star Wars fans because the actor who played Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew, passed away on April 30. In his honor, I found an adorable little…
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! Save Lucy has been getting lots of new bats. There have been a few interesting ones. There is a new Brazilian Free-tailed bat! Remember little Freda and Freddy? Now there…