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Scientists solve the mystery of bat echolocation
As darkness falls and the air begins to cool, thousands of bats burst from the narrow mouth of their cave. The sky comes ...
How bats avoid crashing into one another
It appears that the bats change the way they echolocate in order to gain detailed information about their neighbors nearby.
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Batting for the underdog: Sac State researcher champions misunderstood flying mammals
Assistant Professor Anna Doty and her students study bats across California, revealing how these docile creatures benefit ...
Bats Avoid Mid-Air Crashes by Adjusting Their Echolocation During Flight
Bats change their echolocation to avoid collisions in large groups Study in Israel reveals bats fanning out to reduce jamming ...
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UW Researchers Capture Birds by Day, While STRI Catches Bats by Night
For decades, Corey Tarwater and her research team have used mist nets by day to capture various species of tropical birds in ...
WCTV gets a behind-the-scenes look at new straw-colored fruit bat habitat
The NFWC received the colony of nearly 30 bats from the Jacksonville Zoo recently and the center is excited to allow visitors ...
The Durango Herald21d
Of mice and bats: How to avoid hantavirus, rabies this spring
The virus can also spread when saliva, urine or feces from an infected animal gets into cuts in ... have had direct contact with these flying mammals. Bat bites are very small and difficult ...
Bats' echolocation strategy: How dense colonies avoid mid-air collisions
Aya Goldshtein, Omer Mazar, and Yossi Yovel have spent many evenings standing outside bat caves. Even so, seeing thousands of ...
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Cedar Park warns of rabies risk after infected bat found
contact a local animal control or health professional to arrange for its safe capture and potential rabies testing. Bats infected with rabies often exhibit behavioral changes, such as flying ...