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

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 ...

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

For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude. During spring and fall migrations, billions of birds take to the night skies. The high-altitude ...

Tiny backpacks worn by bats revealed a shocking secret - Researchers say the findings show that bats are not only able to ...

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

Sensor data reveal greater noctule bats chasing, catching and chewing on birds during high-altitude, nighttime hunts.

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

Foskolos describes the behaviour as “mind-blowing”. As he explains, it’s a very impressive hunting technique, especially for such a small predator. Bats weigh about 30 grams, and these birds weigh 15 ...

After nearly 25 years of research, an international team of scientists has finally solved a mystery: The greater noctule, ...

Every spring, billions of migratory songbirds in Europe fly north to their breeding grounds. Most of these birds fly at night when no predators are around — or so the experts thought. But researchers ...