Light-shy Bats are Influenced by Light (IMAGE)

Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

Light-shy Bats are Influenced by Light

Caption

Light pollution affects the rarer, light-shy bats.They become less active in white and green artificially lit areas, resulting in habitat loss. But not in red light conditions. This is a Natterer's bat.

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Kamiel Spoelstra / NIOO-KNAW

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