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Reports on efforts of several organizations to preserve coal mines as habitat of brown bats. Adirondack Nature Conservancy and Land Trust in New York; American Bat Conservation Society of Maryland; Bat Conservation International in Texas.

Focuses on the dedication of several bat rehabilitators to the health and preservation of bats. Factors that contributed to the decision of businesswoman Amanda Lollar to provide a rehabilitation center and sanctuary for injured bats; Total cost of becoming a licensed bat rehabilitator; Importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems to bats according to Pat Winters of the California Bat Conservation Fund; Challenges in the rehabilitation and care of captive bats.

The article offers information regarding an endangered species protection program from the Zoological Society of London in England. It states that the program aims at protecting Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) animals and offers vital attention to a prioritized list of the critically endangered creatures, 70 percent of which are largely ignored by the conservation community. The program's top 10 focus species for 2008 include such peculiar animals as the Bumblebee Bat, the Long-Eared Jerboa and the Slender Loris.