UC San Francisco scientists have discovered how fruit bats can consume large amounts of sugary fruit without adverse health effects, offering insights for diabetes research.…
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Artibeus jamaicensis, the Jamaican fruit bat. Credit: Brock and Sherri Fenton/Genome Biology and Evolution Recent research reveals bats’ rapid evolution could be the reason for…
Researchers challenge the idea of an arms race between bats and insects, suggesting that the barbastelle bat’s quiet calls are inherited from quieter gleaner ancestors,…
The Strange Big-eared Brown Bat, first described in 1916 in Brazil and not seen since, has been rediscovered by a team of researchers. Captured in…
The long, trailing tails of Luna moths appear to have one, single function and few, if any, drawbacks. Credit: Bat illustration from “Voyage dans l’Amérique…
Greater mouse-eared bats. Scientists have discovered the first case of acoustic Batesian mimicry in mammals: greater mouse-eared bats imitate the buzzing sound of a stinging…
The big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) is a species of Yangochiroptera bat that uses complex, varying sounds to echolocate. Credit: Photo by Sherri and Brock…
The spread of white nose syndrome, which has killed millions of bats, is having an impact on agricultural practices—and potentially on human health. By studying…
Tagging reveals that closely bonded female bats leave the roost separately but reunite when hunting. During nightly foraging trips, female vampire bats preferentially meet up…
Study tracks foraging behavior of 50 bats in the wild. Vampire bats that form bonds in captivity and continue those “friendships” in the wild also hunt…
Pallas’s long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina), feeding on nectar from banana trees in Costa Rica. Credit: Julian Schneider Banana plantations are a reliable food source for…
A Natal long-fingered bat (Miniopterus natalensis) parasitized by a male bat fly (Penicillidia fulvida) on the wall of a diatomite mine in Nakuru, Kenya. Credit:…
Mother-pup pair of the neotropical bat species Saccopteryx bilineata in the day-roost. The Pup is attached to the mothers´ belly. Credit: Michael Stifter More than…
Dr. Dylan Gomes led the team that deployed speaker arrays early in the spring to begin playback of whitewater river noise before most birds and…
A new Tel Aviv University study has revealed, for the first time, that bats know the speed of sound from birth. In order to prove…
If COVID Spread to North American Bats, It Could Be Disastrous – Here Is the Current Risk Assessment
Insect-eating Brazilian free-tailed bats. Credit: Paul Cryan, USGS The risk is low that scientists could pass coronavirus to North American bats during winter research, according…
A dead bat at a wind farm. Credit: Fiona Mathews One of the most abundant bats in Europe may be attracted to wind turbines, a…
Estimated increase in the local number of bat species due to shifts in their geographical ranges driven by climate change since 1901. The zoomed-in area…
This photo shows a bat with a GPS tag on its back. Credit: Teague O’Mara Although scientists knew that some bats could reach heights of…
Myotis nimbaensis, shown here, is a new species of bat named for the mountain range in which it is found, the Nimba Mountains in West…