Kill them with cuteness: The adorable thing bats do to catch prey
A Johns Hopkins University researcher noticed the bats he works with cocked their heads to the side, just like his pet Pug.
A Johns Hopkins University researcher noticed the bats he works with cocked their heads to the side, just like his pet Pug.
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2016
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The widespread replacement of conventional bulbs in street lighting by energy-saving light-emitting diodes (LEDs) has considerable influence on bats as urban nocturnal hunters. Opportunistic bats lose hunting opportunities ...
Ecology
Sep 1, 2016
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The bat-killing fungus recently detected for the first time in western North America is genetically similar to strains found in the eastern United States and did not likely originate in Eurasia, according to a study published ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2016
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A study published in eLife provides new insights on how bats recognise their surroundings to help them build mental maps.
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2016
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Wind turbines attract bats. They seem to appear particularly appealing to female noctule bats in early summer. In a pilot study, researchers of the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin noticed ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2016
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Scientists at the University of York have led the first full-scale national assessment of metal contamination in bats, showing that many bats in the UK contain levels of metals high enough to cause toxic effects.
Ecology
Jun 9, 2016
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Hawaii is among the most remote places on earth, and that fact is reflected among its vertebrate fauna. In fact, only two extant mammal species can claim to be native to the islands: the Hawaiian monk seal and the Hawaiian ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2016
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Scientists have developed a neural network model of a bat's auditory system to understand how bats rapidly discriminate between signals from edible insects and surrounding background noise. The report by researchers at UEC, ...
Other
Jun 7, 2016
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Tomsk State University zoologist Maria Orlova participated in an international research project dedicated to parasites of bats from Mexico and the Antilles. The study proved that both parasites and bats can act as the transmitters ...
Ecology
Jun 7, 2016
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Roads present a serious threat to bat populations, indicating that protection policies are failing.
Ecology
Jun 6, 2016
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