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Social Bats Pay a Price With New Fungal Disease: Study Determines Which Bats Are Headed for Extinction
July 3, 2012 — The impact on bat populations of a deadly fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome may depend on how gregarious the bats are during hibernation. Species that hibernate in dense clusters even as ... > full storyMore: -
Welsh Reindeer Is Britain's Oldest Rock Art, U-Series Dating Suggests
June 29, 2012 — A reindeer engraved on the wall of a cave in South Wales has been found to date from at least 14,505 years ago -- making it the oldest known rock art in the British ... > full story -
Chemical Fingerprinting Tracks the Travels of Little Brown Bats
May 29, 2012 — A novel technique using stable hydrogen isotopes —- a chemical fingerprint found in tissues such as hair —- has enabled researchers to determine where hibernating bats originated. Knowing ... > full story -
Stalagmite Research Suggests Earth Has Two Modes of Responding to Change
May 3, 2012 — By analyzing stalagmites, a team of researchers has determined that the climate signature in the tropics through four glacial cycles looks different in some ways and similar in others when compared ... > full story -
Endangered Bats Find Sanctuary in Israeli 'Ghost Bunkers'
April 12, 2012 — Abandoned army bunkers along a 60 mile stretch of land in the north of Israel have new tenants, according to a Tel Aviv University researcher -- 12 indigenous bat species, including three already ... > full story -
Key to New Antibiotics Could Be Deep Within Isolated Cave
April 11, 2012 — Researchers discovered a remarkable prevalence of antibiotic resistance bacteria isolated from Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico, one of the deepest and largest caves in the world and a place isolated ... > full story -
Deepest Terrestrial Arthropod Ever Found
February 22, 2012 — Scientists have recently described the deepest terrestrial animal ever found, together with four new species. These animals are springtails (Arthropoda, Insecta, Collembola), a minute primitive ... > full story -
Life Beyond Earth? Underwater Caves in Bahamas Could Give Clues
January 26, 2012 — Discoveries made in some underwater caves by researchers in the Bahamas could provide clues about how ocean life formed on Earth millions of years ago, and perhaps give hints of what types of marine ... > full story -
Advantages of Living in the Dark: Multiple Evolution Events of 'Blind' Cavefish
January 22, 2012 — Blind Mexican cavefish have not only lost their sight but have adapted to perpetual darkness by also losing their pigment (albinism) and having altered sleep patterns. New research shows that the ... > full story -
Evidence of Past Southern Hemisphere Rainfall Cycles Related to Antarctic Temperatures
January 17, 2012 — Geoscientists have published the first evidence that warm-cold climate oscillations well known in the Northern Hemisphere over the most recent glacial period also appear as tropical rainfall ... > full story
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