A 400-Year-Old Painting Caught Bats Eating Birds Before Science Did

For more than 400 years, an oil painting titled Air by Flemish master Jan Brueghel the Elder has been hiding a scientific ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Just Learned That This Bat Eats Birds Midflight. A Renaissance Painter May Have Known About It Hundreds of Years Ago

Last fall, scientists reported the first known recordings of greater noctule bats hunting and feasting on songbirds during night flights. But a 17th-century artwork by Jan Brueghel the Elder seems to ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

How much is a bat worth? Protecting these insect-eaters isn’t just good for farms – their deaths cost taxpayers and the wider economy

Sadly, bat populations are declining rapidly in North America. A driving force is a fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome, which has spread among bats throughout the United States. When a bat ...
The New York Times

Bats Catch Migratory Birds and Eat Them in Midair

For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude. By Douglas Main See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra ...
New Scientist

Ambitious bee-eater attempts to swallow a bat whole

Adventurous eaters sometimes bite off more than they can chew. This European bee-eater was spotted last week attempting to chow down on a bat, possibly a Kuhl’s pipistrelle. Photographer Shuki Cheled ...
The Conversation

How much is a bat worth? Protecting these tiny insect‑eaters isn’t just good for farms – their deaths cost taxpayers and the wider economy

A healthy bat hangs in a cave, resting up to eat its weight in bugs at dusk. Liz Hamrick/TVA Most Americans tend to think about bats only around Halloween, but the U.S. economy benefits from these ...
Houston Chronicle

How much is a bat worth? Protecting these tiny insect-eaters isn’t just good for farms – their deaths cost taxpayers and the wider economy

(THE CONVERSATION) Most Americans tend to think about bats only around Halloween, but the U.S. economy benefits from these furry flying mammals every day. Sadly, bat populations are declining rapidly ...