While some bat species have seen up to a 99% population decline, Rafinesque's big-eared bat has shown a strong resistance to ...

1903 - A claim was filed for the cave's bat guano which made an excellent fertilizer ... help in the planting of giant citrus groves. This mining ended due to the high cost of shipping and due ...

Sexes are physically similar. HABITAT: The eastern small-footed bat overwinters in hibernacula located in caves or abandoned/inactive mines, and prefers locations close to cave or mine entrances where ...

Several maternity caves were destroyed by limestone mining in the early 1900s ... "Fire will increase the temperature in that cave and environment and the bats will not survive." ...