Neuroscientists have discovered a feedback loop that modulates the receptivity of the auditory cortex to incoming acoustic signals when bats emit echolocation calls. The researchers show that ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University's School of Zoology reveals that the environment in which a bat is raised during the first months of its life largely determines how it will behave in the wild, ...

We spoke with three educators who are designing and delivering STEM- and STEAM-focused storytimes to help students and patrons develop an interest in science, technology, engineering, art, and math.

Diffuse coevolution is also known as multi-species or guild coevolution. It occurs when several species collectively influence one another. An example is pollination systems in which plants interact ...

For Anil Seth, another prominent neuroscientist, consciousness is a “controlled hallucination” because we never experience objective reality, whether externally in the world or within our minds. The ...

Nature has always loved surprises. Just when we think we understand how the world works, an animal comes along and quietly breaks all the rules. Some creatures glow in the dark, some survive without ...

Blue Grotto is a cave that requires you to descend a ladder to enter, which immediately makes you feel more like an explorer and less like a tourist. The cave features beautiful blue-tinted ice ...

Bats are some of the most highly specialized mammals to have ever evolved. This includes not only the evolution of active ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brown long-eared bats’ hearing is so sensitive that they can hear a ladybug crawl on a leaf. Brown long-eared bats’ ears are about ...

It may sound like a scene from "Nosferatu," but research from the University of East Anglia shows that humans can use bat-like echolocation skills to judge the distance of objects. The new study ...