While some bat species have seen up to a 99% population decline, Rafinesque's big-eared bat has shown a strong resistance to ...

Several bats drowned," officials posted of the flooding Feb. 24 on the park's Facebook page. The state is currently assessing the potential damage to the cave and tribal art, Tennessee Environment ...

By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 In the stillness of a winter cave, the remains of a lost colony scatter the floor-tiny bones and fragile wings ...

Globally, caves provide important refugia for bats. The Grand Canyon, more than 400 km (250 mi) long, consists of steep-sided, rocky formations with hundreds to thousands of natural caves. Two of ...

The Ozark big-eared bat is a threatened species found only in a small number of caves in the southern central United States. Also known as the western big-eared bat, the long-eared bat ...

An estimated 6.7 million bats have died since 2006 because of an outbreak of white-nose syndrome, a fast-moving disease that has wiped out entire colonies and left caves littered with the bones of ...

Getty A group of 27 kayakers are safely back on dry land after high winds left them stranded inside a cave on a Tennessee lake. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) said it received a ...