Fishing Technique of Long-Fingered Bats Was Developed from a Primary Reaction to Disappearing Target Stimuli. PLOS ONE, 2016; 11 (12): e0167164 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167164 ...

While most long-fingered bats eat only insects, they may all be instinctively able to also catch fish, according to a study published Dec. 14, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ostaizka ...

All of the bat species found in northeastern North America are insectivorous, and most feed predominantly as aerial insectivores, catching insects in flight. During winter, when insect prey are no ...

Robert M. R. Barclay, Population Structure of Temperate Zone Insectivorous Bats in Relation to Foraging Behaviour and Energy Demand, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Feb., 1991), pp. 165-178 ...

So, Deshpande and Barje configured BatEchoMon to activate automatically at sunset, when insectivorous bats begin flying for food, and record continuously for several hours.

According to Cape Neddick’s Center for Wildlife, “In the United States alone, bats provide roughly three billion dollars in insect control annually. Our insectivorous bats use one of the most ...

Studies have demonstrated that bats save farmers in Texas hundreds of thousands of dollars in pesticide costs each year. This benefits all of us by helping to keep our food costs low.