Bats Are Going Extinct at Sam Curnow blog

Bats Are Going Extinct. But the growing threat to bats could mean bad news for us too. Despite this destruction, there is. Without concerted international action, their populations will continue to fall, driving many species to extinction. Many species can go into a period of deep sleep, known as torpor, for a few hours a day. Research on genetically resistant bats could help inform conservation efforts to save the little brown bat and other bat species affected by the syndrome. Bats not only push their heart rate to extreme highs but to extreme lows — as slow as one beat per minute. It has drastically altered bat communities and driven some species to near extinction, with ripple effects on the health of our forests, crops, and ecosystems. Today, bats are under unprecedented threat from widespread habitat destruction, accelerated climate change, invasive species, and other stresses. Among the many theories is the unproven belief that it was passed on from bats — leading to much public fear of the mammals. Large tropical bats with narrow home ranges are disproportionately likely to be hunted by humans, according to a global analysis of 1,320 bat species — nearly all of the 1,400 known to science.

Many species can go into a period of deep sleep, known as torpor, for a few hours a day. Despite this destruction, there is. It has drastically altered bat communities and driven some species to near extinction, with ripple effects on the health of our forests, crops, and ecosystems. Without concerted international action, their populations will continue to fall, driving many species to extinction. Today, bats are under unprecedented threat from widespread habitat destruction, accelerated climate change, invasive species, and other stresses. But the growing threat to bats could mean bad news for us too. Large tropical bats with narrow home ranges are disproportionately likely to be hunted by humans, according to a global analysis of 1,320 bat species — nearly all of the 1,400 known to science. Among the many theories is the unproven belief that it was passed on from bats — leading to much public fear of the mammals. Bats not only push their heart rate to extreme highs but to extreme lows — as slow as one beat per minute. Research on genetically resistant bats could help inform conservation efforts to save the little brown bat and other bat species affected by the syndrome.

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Bats Are Going Extinct Today, bats are under unprecedented threat from widespread habitat destruction, accelerated climate change, invasive species, and other stresses. Despite this destruction, there is. Large tropical bats with narrow home ranges are disproportionately likely to be hunted by humans, according to a global analysis of 1,320 bat species — nearly all of the 1,400 known to science. It has drastically altered bat communities and driven some species to near extinction, with ripple effects on the health of our forests, crops, and ecosystems. Bats not only push their heart rate to extreme highs but to extreme lows — as slow as one beat per minute. Many species can go into a period of deep sleep, known as torpor, for a few hours a day. Research on genetically resistant bats could help inform conservation efforts to save the little brown bat and other bat species affected by the syndrome. Without concerted international action, their populations will continue to fall, driving many species to extinction. Among the many theories is the unproven belief that it was passed on from bats — leading to much public fear of the mammals. But the growing threat to bats could mean bad news for us too. Today, bats are under unprecedented threat from widespread habitat destruction, accelerated climate change, invasive species, and other stresses.