While some bugs have evolved the ability to detect these comparatively low-frequency ultrasound triangulations, birds have ...

Bats are fascinating creatures and are the only true flying mammals. There are over 1,500 species worldwide, so they account ...

Europe’s largest bat hunts and eats birds midair, finally solving a 25-year mystery about how these nocturnal predators ...

Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published ...

After nearly 25 years of research, the mystery has finally been solved: Europe's largest bat doesn't just eat small birds—it ...

The Ohio Bat Fest, organized by UC experts, sought to educate the public about bats through interactive activities and technology.

(CN) — Bats might not lead the most exciting lives, but they do have one real-life superpower that aids in their evening hunts for insect dinners: echolocation. In a new study published by the ...

Aarhus University in Denmark put trackers on greater noctule bats – the largest bats in Europe – and heard the distress calls ...

Blind as a bat? Hardly. All bats can see to some degree, and certain species possess prominent eyes and a keen sense of vision. Take the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). This species is ...

Bat vocal communication and echolocation represent highly specialised acoustic systems that exhibit remarkable complexity and versatility. Bats employ echolocation as a navigational tool, emitting ...

As darkness falls and the air begins to cool, thousands of bats burst from the narrow mouth of their cave. The sky comes alive with their flapping wings, filling the air like a living liquid. It's a ...

"Lots of things fly at night," says Harlan Gough, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nightfall can set the stage for an acrobatic high-stakes drama in the air — a swirl of ...