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Stop Publishing Fake News About Bats

Yes, bats can transmit diseases – but you are extremely unlikely to be infected by one. Why fake news about bats is dangerous to their survival. Von Merlin Tuttle, Austin

Bats in the belfry? Time to shoo them is now

USA: Homeowners who think they may have roosting bats need to hurry to “exclude” them, because they’re protected by state law between April 15 and Aug. 15.

On Raptors and Rodents: Research Seeks Symbiosis for Farmers and Owls

A Humboldt State University Wildlife Biologist is looking at how the raptors could play a key role in pest control for vineyards in particular.

Bats Are Migrating Earlier, and It Could Wreak Havoc on Farming

Every year migratory bats travel from Mexico to Bracken Cave near San Antonio, Tex., where they spend the summer consuming insects that would otherwise devour common food crops. But the bats have been showing up far earlier than they did two decades ago, possibly because of a warming climate, new research suggests.

Pearl Spotted Owl at Heron Bridge

Heron Bridge College welcomes a Pearl Spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) into the release programme.