Articles for tag: bat colony, bat conservation, biodiversity, bridge habitat, Environmental Science, nocturnal animals, Texas wildlife, urban ecology, Wildlife Discovery, Wildlife Research

Secret Bat Colony Found in Texas Bridge

Secret Bat Colony Found in Texas Bridge

Andrew Alpin

Hidden beneath the everyday bustle of Texas highways, millions of bats have quietly built their own metropolis. These remarkable flying mammals have turned ordinary concrete structures into extraordinary nurseries, hunting headquarters, and migration rest stops. What makes these discoveries particularly fascinating is how citizen scientists are using cutting-edge technology to track these mysterious creatures. The ...

Close-up of an American alligator emerging from water in Lakeland, Florida wetlands.

DNA Breakthrough Reveals Two Undiscovered Crocodile Species in the Caribbean

Jan Otte

Scientists assumed for decades that the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) was one widespread species along Mexico’s Pacific coast, all the way to Venezuela, and across the Caribbean. But a revolutionary genetic study has destroyed that illusion by finding that two relict populations are completely separate species lurking in plain sight on the islands of Banco ...