Female lesser short-tailed bats can size up a potential mate just from his singing. A new study shows that the New Zealand bat species Mystacina tuberculata relies on singing as a primary method of ...

While often misunderstood, bats exhibit remarkable adaptability, with some species capable of walking on the ground. This behavior, seen in common vampire bats and New Zealand lesser short-tailed bats ...

Under the night sky deep in a northern New Zealand forest, doctoral student Cory Toth is listening. The sound he is searching for—so high-pitched that Toth’s older colleagues can’t hear it—belongs to ...

Female lesser short-tailed bats can size up a potential mate just from his singing. A new study in Springer's journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology shows that the New Zealand bat species ...

Bats are often misunderstood, frequently linked to myths, vampires, and spooky imagery, yet they are highly diverse, ecologically vital, and remarkably adaptable mammals. While most people associate ...