To protect threatened bat species, street lights out

Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 12:35 in Biology & Nature

Slow-flying, woodland bats -- which tend to be at greater risk from extinction than their speedier kin -really don't like the light, according to a study published online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Lesser horseshoe bats will stray from their usual flight routes to steer clear of the artificial glow from lights that are similar to everyday street lights, the new report shows.

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