A spectral bat in a cage targets a laboratory mouse in leaf litter on a table. Scientists studying these carnivorous bats in Mexico haven’t yet seen them take prey in the wild, so they film them ...

The only real danger, I thought, would come from the pythons and forest cobras slinking across the cave floor as they hunted for downed bats. I would be fine if I just watched my step. Or so I ...

When exiting the cave, bats experience a cacophony of calls, with 94% of echolocation being jammed. Yet, aerial accidents outside caves are so rare. Within five seconds of leaving the cave ...

The Wisconsin DNR found that bat populations in caves had begun to increase ... but it depends on species, so mostly one,” Pidgeon said. “It can take decades and decades to rebuild the population, if ...

Researchers believe the bats played a role in the distribution of the new cave-dwelling species, according to the study. Li, T. et al. (2025.) In a dark, damp cave in southeastern China ...