Imagine being able to fly through pitch-black caves, dart between tree branches at midnight, and snatch a tiny insect out of ...

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The Ozark big-eared bat once lived in caves in Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. However, they have apparently abandoned their Missouri habitat due to human encroachment and cave disturbance.

The northern long-eared bat — distinguishable from its close relatives ... are also major threats to the species — not to mention direct human disturbance; industrial wind-energy projects which kill ...

which is already prime fodder for development and other destructive human activities. Those bats are Florida bonneted bats. Florida's largest bats, these unique creatures get their common name from ...