Researchers and citizen scientists took samples of environmental DNA from saliva on backyard hummingbird feeders and agave ...

Flagstaff, Ariz. — Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but ...

So what Hoosier mammal are the students pushing for the title? Buffalo? Nope. White-tailed deer? No. Bobcat? That ship has likely sailed. Then how about the appropriately named Indiana bat?

Bats offer a good case study because the flying mammals are both highly social and vocal, using echolocation to navigate and hunt for prey and social calls or complex songs to communicate.

Researchers say they now have a way to tell the endangered species apart from other bats by analyzing saliva the nocturnal mammals leave behind when sipping nectar from plants and residential ...

In 2020 a federal court rejected the Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to deny full protections to northern long-eared bats, ordering the agency to take another look at safeguarding the species.