Mollie Byrne recalls spending summers with her family at a camp on the Juniata River in Bedford County, in south central ...

Bats eating lower-quality food continued shedding virus for longer, and researchers noted that disruptions in their environment could also lead to more foraging and travel, which would spread the ...

Vampire bats (family Phyllostomidae, subfamily Desmodontinae) emerged relatively recently in evolutionary terms, diverging from fruit-eating bats approximately 26 million years ago during the Late ...

Vampire bats (family Phyllostomidae, subfamily Desmodontinae) emerged relatively recently in evolutionary terms, diverging from fruit-eating bats approximately 26 million years ago during the Late ...

A fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus, approaches a Fitzinger's robber frog, Craugastor fitzingeri, in Panama. This species of bat eavesdrops on the mating calls that male frogs produce to attract ...

The love songs of these Panamanian frogs is a dinner bell for fringe-lipped bats. But how do they learn which frogs and toads ...

However, the frog-eating fringe-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus) uses sound instead of looking out for bright colors. The species is known to eavesdrop on frog and toad mating calls to locate its ...

Fringe-lipped bats eat frogs and toads, distinguishing between palatable and unpalatable species by listening to the amphibians’ croaks. Logan James at the Smithsonian Tropical Research ...

Palatable versus poisonous: Eavesdropping bats must learn to identify which prey is safe to eat. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 16, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 ...

A fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus, responds to the calls of the túngara frog, Engystomops pustulosus, one of its preferred prey species. First, the bat hears the call of a single male ...

Vampire bats have a chilling reputation, but how much of it is true? Dive into the fascinating world of these misunderstood creatures and find out if they’re really after human blood. Coast ...