Bats /tags/bats Bats en-US 开云体育 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:21:25 GMT Bats get a bad rap, but Vermont's ecosystems depend on them /show/vermont-edition/2025-03-27/bats-get-a-bad-rap-but-vermonts-ecosystems-depend-on-them Some of Vermont's nine bat species are endangered, and others are being threatened by disease and habitat destruction. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:21:25 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2025-03-27/bats-get-a-bad-rap-but-vermonts-ecosystems-depend-on-them Mikaela Lefrak, Andrea Laurion Tricolored bats could become endangered as a fungal disease decimates their population /npr-news/2022-09-14/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. Wed, 14 Sep 2022 09:34:15 GMT /npr-news/2022-09-14/tricolored-bats-could-become-endangered-as-a-fungal-disease-decimates-their-population Dustin Jones Summer School: How to count little brown bats, who are making a comeback in Vermont /local-news/2022-07-29/little-brown-bats-are-making-a-comeback-in-vermont-heres-how-you-can-count-them The mosquito-chomping little brown bat is about the size of a thumb. It鈥檚 one of nine bat species that can be found in Vermont. And, along with four others, it鈥檚 considered endangered in Vermont. They like to hang out in attics and old barns.But in recent years, biologists have seen a promising trend: their populations here appear to be stabilizing. And they say it鈥檚 thanks to volunteer community scientists that we know. As part of our Summer School series, 开云体育鈥檚 Abagael Giles set out for a secret colony, to learn more about how to count them. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-07-29/little-brown-bats-are-making-a-comeback-in-vermont-heres-how-you-can-count-them Abagael Giles A colony of endangered Indiana bats in Vermont could hold lessons for the species' recovery /local-news/2022-07-25/a-colony-of-endangered-indiana-bats-in-vermont-could-hold-lessons-for-the-species-recovery The Indiana bat has been on the federal endangered species list since the 1960s. Vermont鈥檚 Champlain Valley is at the extreme edge of this bat鈥檚 range 鈥� and a new discovery in Hinesburg this month has bat wildlife officials excited. Mon, 25 Jul 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-07-25/a-colony-of-endangered-indiana-bats-in-vermont-could-hold-lessons-for-the-species-recovery Jane Lindholm A Question Of Risk: State Agency And Science Panel Disagree On Permit To Protect Bats /vpr-news/2021-03-15/a-question-of-risk-state-agency-and-science-panel-disagree-on-permit-to-protect-bats The Fish and Wildlife Department and a state science advisory panel disagree over how to protect endangered bats in Vermont from a large-scale pesticide鈥� Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:17:15 GMT /vpr-news/2021-03-15/a-question-of-risk-state-agency-and-science-panel-disagree-on-permit-to-protect-bats John Dillon Can Bats Bounce Back? /programs/2019-10-31/can-bats-bounce-back Bats aren't scary 鈥� or they shouldn't be 鈥� and the population levels in Vermont seem to be stabilizing after huge die-offs caused by the fungal infection鈥� Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:14:31 GMT /programs/2019-10-31/can-bats-bounce-back Jane Lindholm New Haven Writer Shelters - And Befriends - Endangered Bats In 'Flying Blind' /programs/2013-11-12/new-haven-writer-shelters-and-befriends-endangered-bats-in-flying-blind By now, white nose syndrome -- a disease that's threatening vast numbers of bats -- is probably a term familiar to even the most pedestrian wildlife鈥� Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:00:00 GMT /programs/2013-11-12/new-haven-writer-shelters-and-befriends-endangered-bats-in-flying-blind Jane Lindholm, Sage Van Wing, Angela Evancie