The Summer of Baby Bats
In the sweltering July heat, baby Mexican Free-tailed Bats dropped to the ground like unripe fruit. These tiny mammals need warmth but not temperatures well over 105 degrees. For days in Bakersfield, it reached 120. As the temperatures soared, biologist Brooke Stutz and bat biologist Erika Noel knew to search the ground under the batsβ […]