The Bat Scientists

The men and women who study bats aren't scared of the dark or bothered by a bit of smelly guano.  And they certainly aren't afraid of bats.  These bat crusaders are fascinated by them, with good reason.  Bats are the only furred animals-mammals-that can fly.  Many communicate and hunt using ultrasonic echolocation, gather in enormous colonies of millions, and live for more than 40 years.

Unfortunately bats are also in trouble.  Many bat species are threatened with extinction. American bats are also facing a terrifying and mysterious new disease called white-nose syndrome.  Follow the bat scientists into the trenches-and caves-as they fight to save their beloved and amazing bats.

Interest Level:  5 and up, Ages:  10 and up

Written by Mary Kay Carson
Copyright 2010
ISBN:  978-0-5471-9956-6
Hardback, 80 pages