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Bats Studied Ahead Of Wind Turbine Project

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:06:22 +0000

SHIRLEY BASIN, Wyo. (AP) — Researchers are studying the population of bats in the Shirley Basin ahead of a wind project to provide energy to a million homes.

The Associated Press reports that zoologists Doug Keinath and Ian Abernethy are collecting bats to determine the species of bats living in the area

Bighorn Forest Closes Caves To Protect Bats

Associated Press — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:43:02 +0000

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — Managers on the Bighorn National Forest are reminding the public of a ban against entering caves in the forest to protect bats from contracting a disease that's killed millions of bats elsewhere in the country

Bat Flu?

Associated Press — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:58:06 +0000

ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time, scientists have evidence of flu in bats.

U.S. health officials say they found genetic fragments of a never-before-seen virus in some Guatemalan bats.

Flu bugs are common in humans, birds, pigs and a variety of other animals, but this is the first time one has been documented in these winged mammals