When bats can't hear, new research finds that these hearing-dependent animals employ a remarkable compensation strategy. They adapt immediately and robustly, suggesting for the first time that bats' ...

Unique recordings show that bats can ramp up heart rate from 6 to 900 b.p.m within minutes. Researchers from Konstanz have measured the heart rate of bats over several days in the wild, including ...

Many Nigerians associate bats with witchcraft but that did not deter ecologist Iroro Tanshi.

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Bats have been found to evolve into bigger sizes in exactly the same way in separate locations, in a very rare example of ...

Bats get a deadly bad rap — but they could play a lifesaving role in cancer treatment, according to a “fascinating new study” that examines their remarkable immune systems. Despite their long ...

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New research suggests bats maintain awareness of their past, present, and future positions to find their way around. More than a thousand species use echolocation, but after millions of years of ...

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What do bats do at night when they're not hunting? Using tiny GPS trackers, Leiden researchers discovered that pond bats ...