The new leech species has three jaws, five pairs of eyes aligned in a U-shape, a disc-shaped “caudal sucker” for attachment, ...

There is no light deep in the rocky world of caves - but there is an abundance of animals specially adapted to the challenge of life in total darkness. There are caves all over the planet, but only a ...

Bats adapt their echolocation system when they emerge en masse from caves at dusk, according to a study in which they were equipped with portable microphones.

By GAGE WILSON for Glasgow News 1 In the stillness of a winter cave, the remains of a lost colony scatter the floor-tiny bones and fragile wings ...

The cave, officially known as the Arizona Canal ... Cokenias and her business partner, Benjamin Largent, keep around 15-20 bats in a warm, dark room in her home in Mesa. “I was really into ...

Bats avoid collisions by tuning their echolocation during mass cave exits, a new Tel Aviv University study finds.

Bats perceive their world mostly through echolocation. Many bats echolocate at once when a whole colony emerges from a cave. As a result, the calls of others are drowned out. Scientists call this ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When a colony of bats leaves their cave and takes to the skies at night to hunt, they often do so in such big groups that they ...

Bats use their feet to grasp onto the ceiling of a cave or wrap around branches of a tree to hang from. How do bats see in the dark? Bats use their very special mouthes and noses to make an ...

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 ...