bats

Wild bats have been shown to have high cognitive abilities previously attributed only to humans

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Bat. Credit: Yuval Barkai Researchers from Tel Aviv University have been tracking free-ranging Egyptian bats from a colony based in TAU’s I. Meier Segals Garden for Zoological Research to answer a long-standing scientific question: Do animals have high and complex cognitive abilities previously attributed only to humans? In particular, the study focused on the characteristics … Read more

The beat frequency of birds, insects, bats and whales predicted using only body mass and wing area

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Wingbeat frequency data for a variety of flying animals versus the square root of animal mass divided by wing/fin area. Credit: PLoS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303834 × close to Wingbeat frequency data for a variety of flying animals versus the … Read more

To escape hungry bats, these flying beetles create an ultrasonic ‘illusion’

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Harlan Gough holds a recently collected tiger beetle on a chain. Laurens Reeves hide caption change caption Laurens Reeves Harlan Gough holds a recently collected tiger beetle on a chain. Laurens Reeves “A lot of things fly at night,” says Harlan Gough, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nightfall can set … Read more