Bats avoid collisions by tuning their echolocation during mass cave exits, a new Tel Aviv University study finds.

The new leech species has three jaws, five pairs of eyes aligned in a U-shape, a disc-shaped “caudal sucker” for attachment, ...

This story appears in the September 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Several years ago, on assignment for National Geographic, I ventured inside a cave in Uganda to photograph a roost ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Bats avoid mid-air collisions in dense colonies by altering their echolocation strategy. Despite 94% of echolocations being jammed when exiting caves, bats ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University reveals that the greater mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) uses its long tail as a natural tactile sensor to navigate backward in dark caves.

Every fall, Indiana bats gather in swarms at chosen hibernating spots to mate, swooping in and out of caves from dusk till dawn. Some humans might find this a frightening sight, but in fact bats are ...

Bats across Rocky Mountain National Park are facing a fatal disease due to an invasive fungus, according to park officials.

The Wisconsin DNR found that bat populations in caves had begun to increase after being devastated when WNS came to Wisconsin in 2014. Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology in the College of ...

Researchers believe the bats played a role in the distribution of the new cave-dwelling species, according to the study. Li, T. et al. (2025.) In a dark, damp cave in southeastern China ...

Sinospelaeobdella jiangxiensis, or the jiangxiensis land leech, “lives on the roofs and sidewalls of wet karstic caves close to the bat populations coexisting in the same area,” researchers said.