Fringe-lipped bats successfully catch their prey around half of the time. The findings come from data collected by miniature biologging tags that were attached like backpacks to 20 fringe-lipped bats ...

Deep into the Panamanian night, the forest hums with sound. Chirping insects form a steady backdrop, rain softly trickles from leaves. Somewhere above a stream, frogs call into the darkness. But I am ...

Scientists have captured the first direct evidence of a bat catching and eating a bird in mid-air, confirming long-standing theories about the animal’s predatory behaviour. The devices captured their ...

The smallest mammals on Earth are vanishing faster than most people realize, and the line between survival and oblivion has rarely been thinner. While one of the world’s tiniest bats clings to ...

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 ...

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