A new international study led by researchers from Aarhus University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that small bats can be just as efficient predators as lions—and often ...

Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that are known natural reservoirs of infectious diseases. By Anthony Ham Bats carry an ...

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Local bat populations are getting attention in the Phoenix area due to a recent mosquito surge ahead of Halloween. The Mexican free-tailed bats living in the Phoenix Bat Cave primarily eat larger prey ...

While studying predators visiting Python Cave, home to bats confirmed to have Marburg virus, scientists observed hundreds of visitors — including kids — visiting without protection Bonnie Jo Mount/The ...

A fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus, approaches a Fitzinger's robber frog, Craugastor fitzingeri, in Panama. This species of bat eavesdrops on the mating calls that male frogs produce to attract ...

A new international study led by researchers from Aarhus University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that small bats can be just as efficient predators as lions – and ...

There are three species of bats that eat birds. We know that because we have found feathers and other avian remains in their feces. What we didn’t know was how exactly they hunt birds, which are quite ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio is a major hub for bat activity, and bat boxes (or bat houses) are an increasingly popular way for residents to support the local ecos ...

Scientists found that the fringe-lipped bat, known to eavesdrop on frog and toad mating calls to find its prey, learns to distinguish between palatable and unpalatable frogs and toads through ...