After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny ...

Given how many species of birds of prey hunt bats, I’m not sure this race is the best one to be partisan about! I think flying mammals would also lose out to birds in a total biomass race. Maybe ...

New videos reveal the surprising dynamics of bat-rat relationships—and suggest how human activity is fueling these ...

In this week’s Pastures Past, she’s found newspaper articles from the 1930s and 1940s on bats. Bats are New Zealand’s only ...

A new international study led by researchers from Aarhus University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that small bats can be just as efficient predators as lions—and often ...

Scientists discovered that a tiny Panamanian bat hunts like a lion, catching large prey using sound, patience, and precision.

Fringe-lipped bats from Panama hunt like miniature lions, using a “hang-and-wait” strategy to capture large, energy-rich prey. High-tech biologging revealed they spend most of their time conserving ...

Scientists, after twenty-five years of investigation, additionally discovered how the larger noctule bat, hunts and eats tiny birds in the air. This bat is the largest bat in Europe. An international ...

​One of those misconceptions is what they eat. Thanks to horror mythology, many people may think they feed on blood, but ...

Clemson’s football team has struggled to bring metaphorical “Death” to its opponents in the “Valley.” But near the stadium, ...

New research shows that baobab tree flowers have adapted to meet the needs of either bats or moths, and without these ...

The Woodland Trust recently hauled a collection of lumbering so-called ‘Frankenstein trees’ from Kingsettle Wood in Dorset, ...