Biologists attached tiny recording devices that looked like mini backpacks to bats. What they found revealed a surprising ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Bats are well known for their ability to “see” with sound ...

Bats are widely misunderstood. They are not blind and they are not rodents. In fact, most bats see very well and are more closely related to primates and humans than they are to mice or rats. They are ...

Four of the nine species of Adirondack bats belong to the genus Myotis, the mouse-eared bats. The little brown bat is the most abundant of the four, and is the common bat of the region. During the ...

High-frequency ultrasound significantly reduces the size of the face and modifies the internal bones of the ear in bats.

As dusk deepens over Woodard Bay, a couple dozen adults and children gather on the south Puget Sound shoreline to wait for a fluttery spectacle: thousands of bats emerging from their roosts for the ...

Active in daylight during the Arctic summer and hibernating during the long winter nights, Alaska’s little brown bats are a unique population. By Trina Moyles / Hakai Magazine Published Mar 23, 2024 ...