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Indiana Bats Resurface in NC After Decade | Wilmington News
Wildlife biologists in western North Carolina just pulled off a conservation miracle—finding five reproductive female Indiana bats in the Nantahala National Forest, the first such discovery in over a decade. The team, working across agencies, originally sought survivor colonies of little brown bats but stumbled upon this rare species instead. Two bats were tagged, leading them to a maternity roost in a dead hemlock tree where they observed nearly 25 bats emerging at sunset. This breakthrough offers hope in the fight against white-nose syndrome, which has decimated bat populations since 2006…
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