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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Jostling for food and living space can make for some tense ...

The recording gives it away. First, a sudden plunge in altitude, then distressed bird calls before a prolonged series of ...

The bat—a greater noctule (Nyctalus lasiopterus)—was equipped with a high-tech tag recording its behavior. “There was this ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Bats are well known for their ability to “see” with sound, using ...

After nearly 25 years of investigation, scientists have solved the mystery. Europe’s largest bat not only eats small birds, it hunts and catches them more than a kilometer above the ground—and ...

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

Listening for faint rustling noises made by tasty beetles on a quiet day is simple for bats hunting with their exquisitely sensitive hearing. So try imagining what it must be like trying to locate ...

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

Leaf-nosed bats can locate even small prey with echolocation by exploiting an "acoustic mirror" effect, according to a recent paper in Current Biology. If the bat approaches an insect on a leaf from ...

It’s not easy being deaf in the dark—especially when your greatest enemy is a master of sound. Such is the twilight plight of the humble cabbage tree emperor moth (Bunaea alcinoe): It’s all these ...