An experiment with fake frogs shows how certain bats adjust their hunting technique to compensate for unnatural noises. Humankind is loud, and research already suggests that birds alter their singing ...

"It is essential to limit." Researchers discover concerning side effect of US city lights: 'Did not choose random routes' ...

BAG uhv CHIHPS ih-fekt n. A circumstance in which the sounds of one individual eating alerts others to the location of food. Researchers have found that hungry bats find dinner by listening for their ...

Although white-nose syndrome (WNS) has pushed some bat populations to extinction, researchers have found that higher fat stores are helping some little brown bats to survive this deadly disease. The ...

Some of the most common bat species in the Northeast are on the verge of extinction. That's the grim assessment from wildlife biologist Jenny Dickson as White-Nose Syndrome continues into its fourth ...

You’ve probably heard of the butterfly effect, the idea that a tornado can be formed by a minor perturbation such as a butterfly flapping its wings a mile away. Every action has a consequence, for ...

With Halloween on the horizon, skeletons, pumpkins and ghosts are appearing all over Palo Alto. But there’s one Halloween decoration that sticks around in Palo Alto year-round — bats. Longtime Palo ...

Despite the increasing numbers of wind turbines, their impacts on the environment are poorly known. A new study focuses on wind turbines in the Baltic Sea region and their impact on bats and their ...