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Maybe just a little spritz will do?

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! It’s been a hot one! I have some news about a treatment being developed to treat White Nose Syndrome. Since 2006, White Nose Syndrome has been killing more and more bats in North America every year. The Little Brown Bat alone has had more than […]

California Screaming

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 bats in Plumas County near Lassen Volcanic National Park. This is devastating news. There are 25 different […]

Greetings from Germany!

[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 wonderful time in Germany though. My battiest adventure in Germany was when I got to […]

Little bats, little bats, how do you grow?

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 another 12 at our Fairfax outpost. Currently, they are all big brown bats, but pup […]

Spiders…yum!

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 a few weeks. This time it’s my turn to visit her! Unfortunately, this means that […]

Hey! Can we tag you?

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 food. Researchers created a new bat tracking tag that is modeled after tags used to […]

10,000 Mexican migrants descend on Phoenix every year! 😉

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 make the same trip to the same flood-control tunnel in Arcadia, AZ where they will […]

There’s a little gook on your fur…

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 White Nose Syndrome. White Nose Syndrome is a disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans. […]

Colorado Cuties

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 their name suggests, Long-legged Myotis bats have longer legs than other Myotis species. This is […]

May the Forth be with you 🙂

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 bat that looks like Chewbacca. The Rufous Trident Bat looks similar to our beloved Chewy. […]

Spring Surprises!

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 is Nog. Nog is adorable and he is named after the nice Ferengi on Star […]

Sanctuary!

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! Some of you may have seen the incredible news on the Save Lucy Facebook and Instagram pages, but something very exciting has happened! Save Lucy has a Little Brown Bat! Sadly, she has serious wing damage because of White Nose Syndrome. But it’s exciting to […]