Research suggests that forest management efforts are supporting healthy bat populations in the Southeast, even amidst the ...

Winter in the South can bring about a sharp change in conditions that impact forests and their many inhabitants. However, new ...

Scientists studying these carnivorous bats in Mexico haven’t yet seen them take prey in the wild, so they film them and record sounds related to the pursuit. This story appears in the July 2018 ...

Bat researchers recently declared a “major victory” in helping stop the online ornamental trade of bats, especially the ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The paper L. Stidsholt et al., “Hunting bats adjust their echolocation to receive weak prey echoes for clutter reduction,” Sci Adv, 10:eabf1367, ...

"Blind as a bat" is a common saying yet one that is false. All bats can see, even though vision may be less important than other senses. To locate and catch prey, insectivorous bats use an acoustic ...

All species of Adirondack bats forage at twilight or at night, capturing insects which they detect by echolocation. They capture prey with their teeth, and by netting them with the tail membrane, or ...