Podcaster Mr Ballen shared: "Other people in the area that went out harvesting bat guano wouldn't go into this cave, and the reason for that is the cave was really really narrow and tight and ...

dominant in Double Bopper Cave and silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) dominant in Leandras Cave. Bats continue to use these caves today, as evidenced by the presence of fresh guano. The ...

On the floor, crabs, insects, and bacteria feed on bird and bat guano. Originally carved by subterranean rivers, Credence cave system was slowly pushed upward by tectonic forces, which lifted it ...

Texas is full of holes, and lots ot them. With limestone underground, it is estimated that 13,000 caves, sinkholes and ...

part-time cave residents provide for those that never leave. 'Bat faeces are a massively important food source,' explains Geoff. Animals that feed on bat guano and other dead organic material are ...

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

However, mining of bat guano may also be harmful to cave organisms that depend on it as a source of food, and removal of guano is likely to be disruptive to bats themselves, if they are present.

Museum researcher Prof Geoff Boxshall says, 'In many huge cave systems there are mountains of bat guano, which is a massive food source, and the whole ecosystem is based around that.' The giant cave ...

the boatman and I accidentally “woke” the bats up with his super bright torchlight – try your best not to do this if you decide to enter the cave. The powerful aroma of bat guano would ...

Trespassers to central Queensland caves are frightening endangered ghost ... hasdsuffered from the impacts of limestone and guano mining, feral animals and bushfires. "We now have issues with ...