Bats Were Already Struggling. Now They're Selling on EBay.

The article explores a study on a growth in the black market that focuses on the sale of bats on electronic commerce sites, which references a research paper by Nistara Randhawa et al., published in an issue of "The European Journal of Wildlife Research." Topics discussed include the impact of such illicit animal trade on the population of bat species, the decline in the population of the bat species Kerivoula picta, and claims by sellers about the source of their bats being sold online.