Species in Spotlight – Society for Biodiversity Preservation https://preservebio.org Conservation Custodians Sat, 27 Mar 2021 01:24:07 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Northern Long-Eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) – native to Washington, DC https://preservebio.org/northern-long-eared-bat-myotis-septentrionalis-native-to-washington-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=northern-long-eared-bat-myotis-septentrionalis-native-to-washington-dc https://preservebio.org/northern-long-eared-bat-myotis-septentrionalis-native-to-washington-dc/#respond Sun, 21 Mar 2021 23:23:14 +0000 https://preservebio.org/?p=2465 The Northern Long-Eared Bat, as the name implies, has long ears unlike other species in this genus, and is also more solitary in its roosting and hibernating habits. These bats are strongly associated with large blocks of older forests and they forage along wooded hillsides and ridgelines.White-nose syndrome disease and human activities including forest habitat destruction and fragmentation…

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]]> https://preservebio.org/northern-long-eared-bat-myotis-septentrionalis-native-to-washington-dc/feed/ 0 Hay’s spring amphipod (Stygobromus hayi) – native to Washington, DC https://preservebio.org/hays_spring_amphipod_stygobromus_hayi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hays_spring_amphipod_stygobromus_hayi https://preservebio.org/hays_spring_amphipod_stygobromus_hayi/#respond Sun, 21 Mar 2021 19:58:25 +0000 https://preservebio.org/?p=2440 This very small fresh water crustacean resembling a tiny shrimp measures only one centimeter in length. The diet of these crustaceans consists mainly of decaying leaves and other organic debris from the woods around them. They spend most of their life underground, deep in small crevasses and cracks of small freshwater springs. Because they spend their lives in darkness, these amphipods are blind…

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