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These winged mammals inspire fear, wonder, and even movies. How does their sonar work? And can we save species that are going extinct?
November 24, 2008 |
Scientific American
At last, fossil and genetic findings elucidate the evolution of bats--and settle a long-standing debate over the origins of flight and echolocation
Features
Modern bats are a motley crew, differing tremendously in body size, wing shape, skull form and dentition
News
First a U.S. girl--and now two South American kids survive onset of the deadly virus
Features
A three-part video series takes us on a tour of these enigmatic winged mammals
Q&A with movement researcher E. Paul Zehr
ScientificAmerican.com talks with the first known survivor of rabies four years later
Fog and lasers reveal the wind beneath a bat's wings
Saturday, September 8th, is World Rabies Day, to raise people's awareness about the disease--rabies still kills 55,000 people every year
Accidentally inebriated Egyptian fruit bats prefer the type of sugar, fructose, that helps them detox faster.
Nectar-feeding bats, which have to hover, go through sugar three times faster than even world-class athletes. Steve Mirsky reports.
It is the pressure change--not the blades--that wipe out thousands of bats annually at wind farms
Researchers look beyond white-nose syndrome as the prime suspect in the mysterious deaths of bats in the U.S. Northeast
Oldest known bat lacked hallmarks of echolocation
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