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We all know that bats locate prey in the dark using echolocation, but … is that really all there is to it? Scientists decided to get more details on the animals’ hunting process, by equipping them with tiny wearable computers.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Bat “backpacks” provide new insights into hunting strategies
Scientists working in the West African country of Guinea have discovered a new orange-furred species of bat. The rare discovery came while conducting field surveys in the isolated Nimba Mountain range.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Bat… Continue reading “Spectacular” new species of orange bat discovered in West Africa
Bats are fascinating animals, and despite all the myth and creepiness surrounding them, they really remind one more of a drunk bird lost in the night sky than the blood-sucking creature they’re often made out to be. Of course, some really fall into that category, and unlike actual birds, bats …read more
Continue reading What Does The Bat Say? Tune In With This Heterodyne Detector
Bats are fascinating animals, and despite all the myth and creepiness surrounding them, they really remind one more of a drunk bird lost in the night sky than the blood-sucking creature they’re often made out to be. Of course, some really fall into that category, and unlike actual birds, bats …read more
Continue reading What Does The Bat Say? Tune In With This Heterodyne Detector
While many insects that would otherwise become bat food rely on the sounds created by the nocturnal creatures to dodge their advances, deaf species of moth have no such luxury. These critters do have another trick up their sleeve, it turns out, with re… Continue reading Deaf moths use commercial-grade noise-cancelling to dodge hungry bats
Ebola, Marburg, SARS, MERS, and now the new coronavirus Covid-19, all share one thing in common – they are thought to have originated in bats. A new study, led by scientists at UC Berkeley, is suggesting the mammals’ uniquely fierce immune system encou… Continue reading Why do so many deadly viral outbreaks originate in bats?
When exploring the realm of Machine Learning, it’s always nice to have some real and interesting data to work with. That’s where the bats come in – they’re fascinating animals that emit very particular ultrasonic calls that can be recorded and analysed with computer software to get a fairly good …read more
Continue reading Training Bats in the Random Forest with the Confusion Matrix
If you’ve been wondering how to track your bats, wonder no longer. A team of researchers led by the University of Helsinki has used new miniaturized GPS tags to keep tabs on desert bats as they fly about in Sibiloi National Park, Northern Ken… Continue reading Tiny GPS backpacks shed light on nightlife of desert bats
Almost one third of a bat species population in Australia perished during a heat wave in November 2018. Continue reading Climate Change-Driven Heat Wave Killed a Third of a Bat Population in Two Days
A study of fruit bat pups shows how bats use vocal learning, commonly thought of as uniquely human, to pick up new accents. Continue reading Baby Bats Mimic Local Bat Slang to Fit In