Meant to help bats, these devices may actually turn them away
Pipes allowing bats entrance into caves may distort sound and deter them from entering In an effort to keep people out of dangerous caves and mines, managers often ...
echolocation
Bats bounce echolocation signals off leaves like mirrors
Bats can bounce echolocation signals off leaves — using them like mirrors — to detect stationary insects to prey on. “It’s a pretty neat and pretty cool ...
By listening to bats, biologists shed new light on them
When Ted Weller saw the blips that appeared on the digital map, they suggested to him something bat biologists had suspected but could never see. The black spots ...
Mating bats go for the silent treatment
Giving someone the “silent treatment” during courtship might not be the best strategy for romance. But new research shows hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus) fly ...