Agave or bust! Mexican long-nosed bats head farther north in search of sweet nectar
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This photo provided by Bat Conservation International shows Rachel Burke, Agave Restoration Coordinator with the group, surveying for flowering and fruiting agave plants in the Burro Mountain area of the Gila National Forest, N.M., on Sept. 6, 2025. (Will Sardinsky/Bat Conservation International via AP)This July 2022 image provided by Bat Conservation International shows a Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) feeding on the nectar of a blooming agave in Nuevo Len, Mexico. (Chris Galloway/Horizonline Pictures/Bat Conservation International via AP)This image provided by Bat Conservation International shows citizen scientist Linda Moore using an eDNA collection kit to swab hummingbird feeders at a home in Silver City, N.M., Sept. 5, 2025. (Will Sardinsky/Bat Conservation International via AP)This photo provided by Bat Conservation International shows a Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) feeding on the nectar of a blooming agave in July 2022, Nuevo Len, Mexico. (Chris Galloway/Horizonline Pictures/Bat Conservation International via AP)
This photo provided by Bat Conservation International shows Rachel Burke, Agave Restoration Coordinator with the group, surveying for flowering and fruiting agave plants in the Burro Mountain area of the Gila National Forest, N.M., on Sept. 6, 2025. (Will Sardinsky/Bat Conservation International via AP)
