Back in 2014, Dr. Auteri brought some of the dead bats from the Michigan cave to her lab to study. ... She set out to compare the bats that died of white-nose syndrome with the few that survived.

Bats' connection to Halloween dates back to Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival where large bonfires were built to ward off evil spirits. Bats swooped near the fire, interpreted to be the spirits ...

Cadomin Cave is Alberta’s largest known bat hibernaculum. The cave, among the largest in the Canadian Rockies, is a critical hibernation site for hundreds of bats — three species use the cave ...