The common serotina is a common bat, one of those small wild animals that lives its life inconspicuously near humans.
During the day,
Eptesicus serotinus
sleeps in attics and under roofs.
At night, she hunts butterflies and beetles in the meadows, on the edge of the woods, under the lampposts of urban parks.
Adaptable, not very sensitive to artificial light.
At least that's what scientists thought until a citizen science program at the National Museum of Natural History dealt a blow to the idea.
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The researchers, who published their findings in April in the journal
Environmental Pollution
, found that
"even fine variations in light levels appear to affect the spatiotemporal distribution of common serotin
. "
They see it as an additional indication of the seriousness of the disorder caused to bats deemed less tolerant to lighting, justifying
the "urgency"
to restore dark night corners in France
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