Evolution
Fossil Bat Stories, Part 3: Bulldog Bats
The bulldog bat fossil record is... well, it’s not great. But it’s still a thing
"bats"
Evolution
Fossil Bat Stories, Part 2: What Are Noctilionids? What Are Noctilionoids?
More on the amazing and complex evolutionary history of bats...
Evolution
Fossil Bat Stories, Part 1
Sometimes there just aren’t enough bats
Biology
Smooth Surfaces Are a Bat Blind Spot
Glass and metal surfaces temporarily "blind" a bat by bouncing sound waves in the wrong direction, which sometimes results in a collision. This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on September 7, 2017...
Evolution
Fossils We Want to Find
There’s a list of fossils I’d really like you to go out and find. Good luck.
Conservation
Bat Killings by Wind Energy Turbines Continue
Industry plan to reduce deadly effects of blades may not be enough, some scientists say
Evolution
Books of the TetZooniverse: of Palaeoart, Bats, Primates and Crocodylians
Time again to look at some recently published books relevant to the TetZooniverse - book on palaeoart, primates, bats, and crocodylians.....
Environment
Halloween Horrors: The Ghost Bat (aka the False Vampire Bat)
Something ghostly and hungry flies the skies of northern Australia. Its massive white wings stand out against the darkness as it circles, searching for prey.
Evolution
Big-Eared Bat, Once Feared Extinct, Rediscovered after 120 Years
Sometimes research into one question reveals the answer to another. In July 2012 Catherine Hughes and Julie Broken-Brow, students at the University of Queensland in Australia, were in Papua New Guinea studying how the region’s tiny microbats responded to sustainable logging of their forest homes...
Biology
Bat-Killing Fungus Now Found in 25 U.S. States
The news for bats in the U.S. keeps getting worse. Last week conservation officials announced that the bat-killing white-nose syndrome (WNS) has been found in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Environment
Sunday Species Snapshot: Fijian Monkey-Faced Bat
This rare bat is only known from a handful of collected animals on a single mountain on a single Polynesian island. Species name: Fijian monkey-faced bat (Mirimiri acrodonta), the only member of its genus and the only mammal endemic to the Republic of Fiji...
Mind & Brain
Does Oral Sex Confer An Evolutionary Advantage? Evidence From Bats
Regular readers of this blog know that while I think studying animal cognition, behavior, and communication is (sometimes) fun and (always) interesting, the real importance – the why should I care about this – is because by understanding animals, we can attempt to learn more about ourselves...
