Small birds are more energy-efficient than bats when flying. Researchers previously believed this was due to air resistance created by the bats' ears. However, biologists at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered another ...
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Feb 5, 2018
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Whether we're playing a team sport or just strolling with our family through the park, we're continually aware of the positions of those around us - and where each is heading. Scientists have, in recent decades, pinpointed ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2018
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The fossilized remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago have been found by a UNSW Sydney-led international team of scientists.
Archaeology
Jan 10, 2018
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The fungus behind white-nose syndrome, a disease that has ravaged bat populations in North America, may have an Achilles' heel: UV light. White-nose syndrome has spread steadily for the past decade and is caused by the fungus ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 2, 2018
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Australian health authorities regularly issue public reminders not to touch bats because they can host Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV). This type of health education is necessary because it reduces human exposure to bat-borne ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2017
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Millions of bats in North America have been wiped out by the disease white-nose syndrome caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, and scientists worry that a catastrophic reduction in the bat population will have ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2017
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A University of Southampton scientist is calling on the public's help in her bid to unlock the genetic secrets of an endangered bat species.
Ecology
Nov 15, 2017
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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have compared how much energy bats use when flying, depending on whether they have large or small ears.
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2017
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Research by a USDA Forest Service scientist and her partners may solve a longtime problem in bat research by demonstrating that bats' wings are as reliable a method of identifying individual bats as fingerprints are for human ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2017
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Bats often get the short end of the stick—when you look around in October, they're featured in Halloween decorations right up there with unsavory characters like monsters and ghosts. But these animals are key to their environments ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2017
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