The ongoing decline of more than 300 species of animals is having significant environmental impacts and posing a food security threat for millions of people in Asia, Africa and South America, according to the first global ...
Ecology
Oct 18, 2016
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Like many predators, the fringe-lipped bat primarily uses its hearing to find its prey, but with human-generated noise on the rise, scientists are examining how bats and other animals might adapt to find their next meal. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 15, 2016
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Rabies will likely reach the Pacific Coast of Peru—where the virus currently does not occur—within four years, according to a paper published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Evolution
Sep 13, 2016
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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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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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(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers with the University of Washington has found similarities between different types of carnivorous bats compared to those that are insectivores or those that eat fruit, nectar or of course ...
Long-eared bats are assisted in flight by their ears and body, according to a study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The recent findings improve researchers' understanding of the bats' flying technique and could ...
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2016
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At some time or another – perhaps at a loud concert or a construction site, for instance – many people have experienced the loss of hearing sensitivity that becomes strikingly evident after the noise subsides. That phenomenon ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2016
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An international team of scientists, including groups from UC San Francisco, Gladstone Institutes, and the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, have for the first time identified genes and gene regulatory elements ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2016
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As the deadly bat disease called white-nose syndrome continues to spread across North America, scientists are studying bats in China to understand how they are able to survive infections with the same fungus that has wiped ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2016
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