Researchers have discovered that male noctule bats adjust their energy consumption with the seasons, using up to 42% more energy in summer than in spring. Researchers from Konstanz have measured the ...

Unfounded claims that bats get stuck in people’s hair, that all bats have rabies, and Hollywood’s influence (for example, the concept of blood-sucking vampires) often put bats in a negative light. The ...

For the past 25 years, Professor of Engineering and Biology Sharon Swartz and Professor of Engineering Kenneth Breuer ’82 P’14 P’16 have been fascinated by animal flight. The two professors have ...

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Saturday and Sunday evening just north of San Antonio at Bracken Cave one of nature's small wonders took flight as millions of mother bats who recently gave birth took the air for the first time with ...

The ability of "target tracking", i.e., keeping a target object in sight, is essential for various activities and has improved in animals and machines through the evolution of life and technology, ...

I had been to Texas countless times but had never visited Austin, the state’s capital. My wife had not been there either and heard there was a direct flight from Palm Springs. So, she arranged a trip, ...

For the very first time, scientists have recorded on film a breathtaking moment: a typical rat at the entrance of a cave jumping in mid-air and snatching a mid-air flying bat. This unusual predatory ...