To the bat cave!
Debbie Buecher, a wildlife biologist from Tucson, Ariz., tests a bat with University of New Mexico graduate student Kaitlyn Hughes. Both are part of a project to test bats in El Malpais National Monument lava tubes' caves for white nose syndrome, which is killing bats in states east of New Mexico. Courtesy photo

Researchers check out bats at El Malpais National Monument

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