But then he raises a problem. The signals that bounce back are weak, so bats need sensitive ears to detect them; yet they also need to send out very loud pulses at the start of their search, since ...

The ears are a pair of sensory organs whose primary functions are hearing and balance. They are divided into three portions: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. Each has an intricate ...

Bats are more than just about beauty, however, they get rid of insect pests; one bat can eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes in an hour. “There are a lot of myths around bats,” Busk added, “but they ...

Vampire bats have been put on a treadmill as a study showed the special way they use blood for energy - as well as how quickly they can run. Footage shows one bat using its wings to sprint along ...

The long-awaited announcement from the Bureau of Land Management has arrived: “Hoary Potter, the hoary bat from Oregon (pictured), has won his final duel! On Halloween — the last day of ...

For vampire bats, however, it turns out a heaping bowl of amino acid-rich blood will suffice. Researchers from the University of Toronto captured several vampire bats and taught them to run on a ...

A special barrier that will be built to protect rare bats will cost £100m, according to the chairman of HS2 Ltd. Sir Jon Thompson told a rail industry conference the bat protection structure in ...

They gave up their keys to the bank voluntarily in May, closing the door on the bat-infested house. Rachelle said that as far as the bank is concerned, they just stopped making their mortgage ...

Even bats aged nearly 13 years old — well into old age — retained youthful hearing. Analysis of a portion of the inner ear and the underlying cellular machinery that is central to hearing ...

Vampire bats might have developed a creepy reputation with all the eating blood and flapping about at night, but their ability to survive off an entirely blood-based diet is part of what makes ...

HONG KONG, Nov 5 (Reuters) - "Having three children is the best" says a vibrant neon pink sign at a wedding expo in the southern Chinese city of Changsha, where visitors can also pick up tips on ...