Cadomin Cave is Alberta’s largest known bat hibernaculum. The cave, among the largest in the Canadian Rockies, is a critical ...

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, a creature ...

Imagine being able to fly through pitch-black caves, dart between tree branches at midnight, and snatch a tiny insect out of ...

Some - such as bats, bears and swiftlets - use caves on a temporary basis. Others reside there permanently, living out their entire life cycles in the dark - but many have evolved special abilities to ...

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.

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 ...

Even so, seeing thousands of bats erupting out of a cave and flapping into the night, sometimes in densities so high that they appear liquid, astounds the scientists every time. But until recently ...

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 ...