This Auburn PhD found 10,000-year-old bat guano near Huntsville—how it reveals environmental changes + more

ByLacey Muenstermann
LAST UPDATEDApril 21, 2025

Reviewed by: Elizabeth Hobbs

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Alexandra Tsalickis, Geosciences Phd Student At Auburn University. — Alexandra Tsalickis, Geosciences PhD student at Auburn University. (Lacey Muenstermann / Hville Blast)

Alexandra Tsalickis never thought she’d make her mark on scientific research by studying bat droppings, but now, she wouldn’t want to do anything else.

Read the full story to learn about how she recently discovered one of the oldest bat guano cores in the world at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur and the other awesome studies she’s done at Auburn University.

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