Bats in Crisis

Researchers in Canada are tracking echolocation calls from bats in the New York Hudson River area in order to track bat populations.  Spring and Summer recordings from 2007-2009 are grim.  According to the results, there is a 78% decline in bat activity. 

An article published in the journal of Science predicts a 99% probability of “regional extinction” over the next 15 years.   After more than one million bat deaths, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is calling this “the worst wildlife health crisis in memory.”

Source:

http://bangordailynews.com/2011/10/08/environment/prognosis-for-bats-%e2%80%98grim%e2%80%99-as-researchers-in-maine-northeast-study-killer-fungus/

Interested in teaching your students more about bats? Check out SSR's Vol 41 DVD, episode: Ecology - Bats: Creatures of the Night.  Interested in speaking to students about bats? E-mail Fallon@ssrvideo.com