We all know that bats are masters of the night, with their high-pitched calls and whisper-quiet wings, weaving through tangled trees and swooping in on insects in total darkness. But exactly how they ...

Bats navigate chaos in complete darkness by listening to shifting echoes, adjusting speed instantly without tracking every ...

The experimental results demonstrated that bats rely on acoustic flow for speed control, which may serve them in navigation.

Bats are some of the most misunderstood mammals on the planet. While some do drink blood, the vast majority enjoy a diet of ...

A long-standing mystery about how wild bats navigate complex environments in complete darkness with remarkable precision, has ...

A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they ...

"Lots of things fly at night," says Harlan Gough, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nightfall can set the stage for an acrobatic high-stakes drama in the air — a swirl of ...

It’s the time of year when people start seeing more bats, when more bats get into their houses, when more bats are submitted for rabies testing. It’s a new generation of bats, testing their wings.