Though out of range of human hearing, the shattering screams of tropical bats on the hunt in Panama are the loudest calls ever recorded by an airborne animal.
... typical insect prey, Surlykke and Kalko conclude that these extreme intensities are essential for the bats as they serve to counteract attenuation.
This is the first comparative field study of bat ...
... Albany, N.Y. by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Dead and hibernating bats had a white substance on their heads and wings. In early 2008, “white-nosed” bats were once again ...
The odd habit of eating dirt may help bats fight off poisons, new research suggests.
By providing a clearer picture of how bat flies, potential disease vectors, adapt to bats, the research of University at Buffalo biologist Katharine Dittmar de la Cruz may shed light on White Nose ...
... are known to produce and detect ultrasonic frequencies for communication and for echolocation -- bats, dolphins and whales, and some rodents -- which suggests that this ability could be limited to ...
... , memory, and spatial planning far beyond the processing of sound."
"It may be that some of the information we learn from the bat gives us a window into understanding mechanisms of the human brain," ...
HARTFORD, Conn., July 6 (UPI) -- Wildlife biologists say they are trying to learn why bats in the Northeast United States are dying of what's being called "white-nose syndrome."
... just a few hectares of rainforest in the Amazon basin of eastern Ecuador, they have found more than 100 species of bats (Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2008, 94, 617-629).
Dr. Katja Rex and ...
The discovery in an eastern Ecuadorian rain forest marks the highest number of bat species ever recorded in one place.
Eating bats is popular among elders in at least one village in northeastern Thailand, in part because "they do wonders for your libido."
... in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats. Laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms point to rabies, according ...
Europe's bat species are facing threats to their survival from climate change and wind farms, says an expert.
... is known about their population sizes, the researchers said, those deaths could have far-reaching consequences.
Bats typically live for many years, in some cases reaching ages of 30 or more. Most ...
When flying in packs, bats may keep silent to avoid jamming each other's echo signals.
