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Bats thrive in a messy, noisy world. These four discoveries reveal how they can listen and chatter through the din
Contrary to popular belief, bats aren’t flying blind. But they do rely heavily on sound—rather than vision—to confidently ...
It was a bit of a trick for the winged mammals, but a treat for the human team. “Expert bat wranglers” carefully took them ...
You might think that bats are scary. But do you know what would be even scarier? To live in a world without them. Bats are key providers of ecosystem services, and their disappearance would translate ...
Often associated with disease, vampires, and other generally unpleasant things, bats are actually important pollinators and play critical roles in our ecosystem. “They’re just so cool and so ...
With misinformation lurking around nearly every corner of the internet, researchers across the country are working to rehab the image of bats in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Barry Genzlinger ...
This image shows a cloud of gas and dust, shaped like a cosmic bat. The image was obtained mostly in visible light with the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), hosted at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.
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