We found bats in colder regions predictably gain more weight before winter. But in warmer regions with highly seasonal rainfall, such as tropical savannas or monsoonal forests, bats also fatten up. In ...

Tropical bats learn to “eavesdrop” on their prey over time to help distinguish between tasty and toxic frogs, a new analysis suggests. The study looked at fringe-lipped bats that range from ...

Tropical bats eat everything from fruit to frogs… and even each other, but when researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute put infrared video cameras inside artificial bat ...

Three Smithsonian scientists will visit the New Orleans Public Library via Zoom to discuss “Bat Island: A Rare Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats.” For decades, scientists at the ...

Tropical bats have received considerably less attention compared to birds, with long-term monitored efforts lacking, Tarwater says. Nevertheless, tropical bats serve the same ecosystem functions as ...

Now, scientists have found that adult bats are better at screening out “spam calls” than juveniles. The younger bats often wiggled their ears in response to the calls of poisonous toads, while ...

Attracting seed-dispersing bats to degraded landscapes and aiding in tropical forest restoration efforts has long been an alluring prospect for conservationists: potentially a cheaper, less labor ...

In particular, bats in tropical regions like Southeast Asia and Western Africa have been extensively explored, but the bats in temperate regions, like New Zealand, have been less well studied.

Fox bats are large, fruit-eating animals that are found on tropical islands around Asia and Australia. Their wingspan can reach five feet and their bodies can be as long as 16 inches. 3.

These bat-loving scientists are investigating : Goats and Soda It's the 16th Bat-a-thon in Belize. Researchers think the flying mammals can teach us about warding off pathogens and managing diabetes.

The tropical bats also have the lowest echolocation frequency call — so much so that people can actually hear it. They are native to Central and South Florida, roosting in mature pine, cypress ...

Most bats use echolocation to navigate and hunt, but some use their ears for another trick: eavesdropping. "And then these frog-eating bats, for example, they are actually listening in on the ...