Bats may have lived in caves and used soundwaves to navigate much earlier than first thought. Of all the mammals, bats have one of the poorest fossil records, with palaeontologists estimating that ...

Phylogenies, fossils and functional genes : the evolution of echolocation in bats / Emma C. Teeling, Serena Dool and Mark Springer -- Systematics and paleobiogeography of early bats / Thierry Smith ..

More than 500 bat fossils have been discovered at the Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site over 42 years. A new study, published today in the journal Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, ...

Stop by for programs about bats, fantastic fossils and more at the National Museum of Natural History Ellyn Lapointe A tent-making bat takes a bite out of a fig fruit in Panama. Merlin Tuttle / ...

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In a new study, paleontologists describe the oldest-known leaf-nosed bat fossils, which were found along the banks of the Panama Canal. They're also the oldest bat fossils from Central America, ...

A 50-million-year-old skull hints that echolocation is an ancient bat tactic 1. Most of the world’s bats emit high-pitched calls and listen to the reflected sound to navigate and to catch their prey.

A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they ...

There are also events about mushrooms, bats and much more at the National Museum of Natural History in September and October Jack Tamisiea A light gives a cast of the Nation’s T. rex’s skull a spooky ...

Of all the mammals, bats have one of the poorest fossil records, with palaeontologists estimating that about 80 per cent of it is missing. This has made it difficult to pinpoint exactly when they ...