In this respect, the bat's nocturnal behavior provides certain advantages. Enormous numbers of insects fly at night, and with the exception of spiders, there are few competitors for such food. Other ...

The research revealed that when the bats migrated, they would fly up to 238 miles each night—nearly 125 miles longer than previously thought. The trackers remained on the bats for up to four ...

The vibrant orange fur stands out against the darkness Our final challenge was to film the bats flying at night. For this we created an enclosure in the wild that we could light. Mr Tanon and the ...

In general, researchers don’t know how many bats fly over a single acre of farmland at night. Bats are extremely difficult to count during the day. They hide incredibly well in trees ...

Bats may broadcast their personalities to others from a distance, new experiments suggest, which could play into social dynamics within a colony.

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) have made significant strides in understanding the long-distance migration of bats, a behavior that has long remained elusive.

The population of about 2,500 grey-headed flying foxes -- an endemic species listed as vulnerable to extinction by the federal government -- live in Canberra's Commonwealth Park on the shore of Lake ...