A study published in Diversity provides new insight into how toothed whales and dolphins came to navigate the underwater world using sound waves.
Evolution
Nov 20, 2023
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It's officially spooky season: Nights are creeping in earlier. A fall chill has descended. Skeletons and witches and jack-o-lanterns dot every street.
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2023
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Bats are an evolutionary success story. With approximately 1,400 species living today, they thrive in every environment except the polar regions.
Evolution
Dec 9, 2022
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A new study shows how the brains of Egyptian fruit bats are highly specialized for echolocation and flight, with motor areas of the cerebral cortex that are dedicated to sonar production and wing control. The work by researchers ...
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May 25, 2022
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A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University has found that Egyptian fruit bats use echolocation during daylight hours even though they have good eyesight. In their paper published in the journal Current Biology, the group ...
The summit of an underwater mountain, higher than Mount Kosciuszko, has been mapped for the first time by the Australian icebreaker Research and Supply Vessel (RSV) Nuyina.
Environment
Dec 30, 2021
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A trio of researchers with Tel Aviv University's School of Zoology has found that newly born Egyptian fruit bats are capable of steering echolocation beams. In their paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal ...
Scientists have found another piece in the puzzle of how echolocation evolved in bats, moving closer to solving a decades-long evolutionary mystery.
Plants & Animals
Mar 8, 2021
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A new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B provides the most comprehensive comparative assessment of bat hearing capacity to date and highlights the evolutionary pressures acting on their sensory perception. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 6, 2021
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Ecosystems can be incredibly complex, with many interacting species. In many habitats, predators shape they behavior of prey and prey shape the behavior of predators. This paper provides a detailed look at the predator-prey ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2020
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