Learn about bat echolocation and how they use it to navigate, and meet the bats with the widest echolocation frequency ranges ...

After nearly 25 years of research, the mystery has finally been solved: Europe's largest bat doesn't just eat small birds—it ...

Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published ...

From the bloodcurdling powers of Count Dracula to the identity behind one of America's most famous superheroes, bats have ...

The recording gives it away. First, a sudden plunge in altitude, then distressed bird calls before a prolonged series of chewing sounds. The largest bat species in Europe has been caught in the act by ...

While some bugs have evolved the ability to detect these comparatively low-frequency ultrasound triangulations, birds have ...

Bats are often misunderstood, but they play an important role in our ecosystem. Farmland provides great foraging habitat for them, as bats need to be close to water which can be accessed through ...

The discovery of bird DNA in bat poo has suggested that a handful of bat species are able to hunt migrating birds.

Some species of European bats are known to attack birds as they migrate to Africa. However, they must trap them while in flight: a hard task for such small predators. The behaviour has previously been ...

Europe’s largest bat hunts and eats birds midair, finally solving a 25-year mystery about how these nocturnal predators ...

Aarhus University in Denmark put trackers on greater noctule bats – the largest bats in Europe – and heard the distress calls ...