"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 ...

We think these larger bats might be evolving to take advantage of prey that the smaller bats aren't eating. Although they ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Bats may broadcast their personalities to others from a distance, new experiments suggest, which could play into social dynamics within a colony.

Undisturbed hedgerows provide an important habitat for numerous bat species and their insect prey Leaving hedgerows untouched can offer an important lifeline for night-time biodiversity ...

Additionally, the interaction between bats and their prey has been explored, particularly in the context of moths that produce ultrasonic sounds to warn bats or jam their echolocation[1].

Echolocation helps them target their prey — insects. In addition to their pest control services, bats are also pollinators. While some local bat species migrate south for the winter, others stay ...

Vampire bats made to run on treadmills in a lab reveal secrets of the special metabolism fueling them from blood consumed only minutes before. The research, published in the journal Biology ...