<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000×2667+0+0/resize/4000×2667!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa5%2F70%2Fa2e8d91140af865ec8d1d503d2f4%2Fbat-first-story-1.jpg' alt='This northern ghost bat (Diclidurus albus) was a special, rare find for the bat scientists gathered in Belize. “It was magical,” says evolutionary biologist Jasmin Camacho.
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It’s the 16th Bat-a-thon in Belize. Researchers think the flying mammals can teach us about warding off pathogens and managing diabetes. They trap bats in nets, draw blood … but no bats are harmed.
(Image credit: Luis Echeverría for NPR)
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