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Bats are in trouble. That’s not good for anyone who likes mezcal, rice or avocado

Some of our favorite foods and drinks rely on these oft-misunderstood mammals, which are facing multiple threats

The Guardian - US · Mar 21, 2024

“We’d lose one after the next”: Texas bats face a pandemic of their own

Weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic swept into Texas, a biologist found a dead bat covered in a white fungus — the state’s first official case of white-nose syndrome. Now, scientists are on a mission to understand how many bats have been lost.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 14, 2023