Wisconsin scientists track tiny bat with small transmitter
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Scientists in Wisconsin have tracked the state's smallest bat by using an ultra-light transmitter that beamed its movement after emerging from hibernation.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that biologists and volunteers followed a female eastern pipistrelle from a Pierce County cave in May to a roosting spot along the Mississippi River. The small bat weighs less than a nickel.
Paul White is a mammal ecologist and manages the Department of Natural Resources' bat program. He says the tracking results determined that the bat moved the most right after hibernation and didn't travel far.