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Bat Hibernation on Nantucket?

December 15, 2017

In 2015, to the great surprise and delight of the conservation community, we were able to add another species to the Island’s list of mammals – we confirmed the presence…

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Northern Long-eared Bat Alive, Well and Hibernating on Nantucket!

December 6, 2016

*Please note, this blog post was originally published in The Inquirer and Mirror on December 1st, 2016  in the article series called Island Ecology. The Foundation’s Science staff will be…

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Northern long-eared bats call Nantucket home!

September 12, 2016

The Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative (NBI) is a collaboration of scientists from local conservation organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions. One of our main goals is to support and facilitate biodiversity…

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Report Nantucket Bat Sightings!

June 23, 2015

GOT BATS? We want to hear of your sightings! Zara Dowling, a graduate student at UMass-Amherst, received a research grant from the Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative this spring to study and…

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