When bats can't hear, new research finds that these hearing-dependent animals employ a remarkable compensation strategy. They adapt immediately and robustly, suggesting for the first time that bats' ...

Just because you haven’t been awakened to a creature swooping around you at night doesn’t mean you don’t have bats in your home. As bats look for shelter in late summer, your home could become their ...

You’ll discover how their ears work, why their hearing is so extraordinary, and how these abilities help them survive in their environments. Bats use their hearing and a process called echolocation ...

Mason Lee (left), senior project coordinator of the University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute, explains the use of the Echo Meter Touch during last summer’s Sheridan Bat Walk. The instrument ...

When bats can’t hear, new research finds that these hearing-dependent animals employ a remarkable compensation strategy. Compare how a bat with normal hearing and a bat that temporarily cannot hear ...