All Articles Tagged As: bats

To survive, tiger moths are bright for birds, click for bats (9/18/2008)

Moths have evolved bright coloring and clicking sounds as warning signals. ...> Full Article

Bat deaths from wind turbines explained (8/27/2008)

The mystery of why large numbers of migratory bats are killed by certain turbines of southern Alberta's wind farms every year may have been solved ...> Full Article

What It's Like to Be a Bat (6/29/2008)

Bats' vocal sonar does more than locate objects; it cues memory and assists flight ...> Full Article

Bat Species in Greater Yellowstone Area Subject of Talk at Grand Teton National Park (6/10/2008)

Results of the first and only comprehensive bat inventory of the Greater Yellowstone Area will be the first topic of the popular summer seminar series ...> Full Article

Dying bats in the Northeast remain a mystery (5/9/2008)

Investigations continue into the cause of a mysterious illness that has resulted in the deaths of thousands of bats since March 2008 ...> Full Article

Echolocating bats use high power acoustics to detect prey (5/2/2008)

New scientific results show bats emitting more dB than a rock concert ...> Full Article

One large organic shade-grown coffee, please - with extra bats (4/6/2008)

Bats and birds work night and day to control insect pests that might otherwise munch the crop ...> Full Article

Bats and Bugs Share Aerodynamic Trick for Staying Aloft (2/29/2008)

Researchers have known for awhile that little whirlpools of air stirred up by insects' wing motions can help keep these small organisms aloft as they fly slowly or hover, two activities essential for food foraging. But how a weightier organism-a bat-manages to stay aloft during slow flight has remained unclear. ...> Full Article

Researchers investigate bat deaths (2/23/2008)

Thousands of sick bats have been found in caves in New York state. While bat experts do not know what is causing the bats' demise, telltale signs include weight loss and white fungus around their noses. ...> Full Article

New technique allows first largescale survey for rare woodland bat (2/20/2008)

One of the UK's rarest mammals - Bechstein's bat - will be surveyed and monitored under a new three-year project using technology developed by the University of Sussex. ...> Full Article