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MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin wildlife officials say a third survey has turned up no signs a deadly bat disease has reached the state. Department of Natural Resources officials say a survey of 73 hibernacula turned up no sign of white-nose syndrome. The ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51915137/ns/local_news-minneapolis_st_paul_mn/t/survey...
There have been two cases of rabid bats confirmed in the Las Vegas Valley this year. The Southern Nevada Health District says the most recent was about a month and a half ago and it was found by children outside their house by Lone Mountain. “And their ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51913388/ns/local_news-las_vegas_nv/t/health-district-...
Tiny and lightweight GPS units are giving researchers a new way to track small critters, a breakthrough that could open our eyes anew on the mysterious wonders of nature. For example, a team of Israeli researchers recently outfitted Egyptian fruit bats ...http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/tiny-gps-unit-tracks-bats-157646
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Brewers are taking Thursday off before a critical road trip which could decide the team's 2013 fortunes - in May.They have a lot more questions than answers as they embark upon it.Those include: - Why the Brewers made five ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51828204/ns/local_news-milwaukee_wi/t/key-questions-br...
Nectar-eating bats lap up the sweet liquid by engorging their tongues with blood ... and they're soft," said study researcher Cally Harper, a doctoral student at Brown University. "They could be really useful [inspiration] in bending around the curves ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51792343/ns/technology_and_science-science/
DETAILS: 5-tray food dehydrator with a digital timer. The dehydrators are gray and are made of plastic and metal. The model number 1009 is on a label located on the back panel with the company's contact details. The "LEM" logo is embossed on the top of the ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51766662/ns/health/t/recalls-week-food-dehydrators-bat...
Male bats perform oral sex on females, apparently to make sex last longer, researchers say. These findings, the first discovery of male-to-female oral sex in bats, match prior studies revealing that female bats perform fellatio, or oral sex, on male bats.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51394869/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/male-bats...
Many animals harbor viruses that can jump to other species, but bats may be in a class of their own when it comes to carrying zoonotic (human-infecting) viruses. Bats are reservoirs for more than 60 viruses that can infect humans, and host more viruses per ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50717264/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/bats-host...
Group living has many benefits, but it also comes at a cost. A study of insect-eating bats in England finds that females and males often live at different altitudes, but can have surprisingly diverse mating behaviors. "Most of the bats are segregated ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50588559/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/bats-have...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The bat, a reservoir for viruses like Ebola, SARS and Nipah, has for decades stumped scientists trying to figure out how it is immune to many deadly bugs but a recent study into its genes may finally shed some light, scientists said ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50267189/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/t/long-lived-bats-...
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By Charles ChoiLiveScience Male bats perform oral sex on females, apparently to make sex last longer, researchers say. These findings, the first discovery of male-to ...http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/01/17555461-male-bats-found-to-perform-...
Updated May. 12, 2013
ROSENDALE, N.Y. — Bats in New York and Vermont are mysteriously dying off by the thousands, often with a white ring of fungus around their noses, and scientists in ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23169737/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/why-are-t...
Updated May. 18, 2013
By Charles Choi, LiveScience There's only one place in the world to escape bat-catching spiders: Antarctica. These arachnids ensnare and pounce on bats everywhere ...http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/16/17339831-bat-eating-spiders-are-ever...
Updated May. 14, 2013
By Joseph CastroLiveScience Many animals harbor viruses that can jump to other species, but bats may be in a class of their own when it comes to carrying zoonotic ...http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/06/16872526-bats-host-more-than-60-huma...
Updated April. 29, 2013
A mysterious bat-plaguing disease has shown up in a seventh species, the U.S. reported Tuesday, and said even more could succumb as white-nose syndrome makes its way ...http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/29/11939375-disease-wiping-out-bats-hits...
Updated May. 10, 2013
Bats may have more in common with the fictional Batman than previously believed, since both successfully combine work with courting sexy potential mates — a lot of ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49265916/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/bats-thin...
Updated May. 18, 2013
Some Amazonian villagers plagued by vampire bats may have survived rabies infections — something that doctors thought was virtually impossible. The scientists ...http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/01/13071376-can-people-survive-rabies-so...
Updated May. 18, 2013
The bats were collected in the West Africa countries of Gabon and the Republic of Congo, but the test results support a theory that bats caused two recent Marburg ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20382188/ns/health-infectious_diseases/t/deadly-marbur...
Updated May. 17, 2013
Tiger moths can thwart attacks from bats by effectively jamming the bats' sonar, doing so by emitting sudden bursts of ultrasound, scientists now find. Past research ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/31950404/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/tiger-mot...
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At a lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, fruit bats in a roomy cage flew circles around a metal rig that roughly resembles a tree. Electrodes on their ...http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/18/17808967-scientists-puzzle-over-how-...
