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 ...
The recording gives it away. First, a sudden plunge in altitude, then distressed bird calls before a prolonged series of ...
Europe’s largest bat hunts and eats birds midair, finally solving a 25-year mystery about how these nocturnal predators ...
The bat—a greater noctule (Nyctalus lasiopterus)—was equipped with a high-tech tag recording its behavior. “There was this ...
After nearly 25 years of research, the mystery has finally been solved: Europe's largest bat doesn't just eat small birds—it ...
To exploit a rich food resource that remains largely inaccessible to most predators, Europe’s largest bat captures, kills, and consumes nocturnally migrating birds in flight high above the ground, ...
After twenty-five years of study, scientists have discovered how the greater noctule bat, Europe’s largest bat, hunt birds ...
While some bugs have evolved the ability to detect these comparatively low-frequency ultrasound triangulations, birds have ...
When night falls, a high-stakes acrobatic drama takes the stage, a swirl of bats hunting insects, trying to outmaneuver each other in aerial pursuit and escape. Science reporter Ari Daniel has the ...
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