Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are developing tiny drones inspired by bats for search and rescue missions.

Fringe-lipped bats from Panama hunt like miniature lions, using a “hang-and-wait” strategy to capture large, energy-rich prey. High-tech biologging revealed they spend most of their time conserving ...

A new international study led by researchers from Aarhus University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that small bats can be just as efficient predators as lions—and often ...

For Whitney, studying the cryptic creatures has become somewhat of a calling. It resonates with a concept from a favorite ...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are developing tiny drones inspired by bats for search and rescue missions ...

According to researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, small flying ...

Six species of North American bats glow under ultraviolet lighting, according to a new study. Researchers don’t know why certain mammals exhibit this odd trait.

WPI researchers are enabling aerial robots, smaller than 100 mm and weighing less than 100 g, to navigate without relying on vision.

For the first time, brown rats have been filmed actively hunting bats, snatching some from the air and capturing others on ...

Eerie, green-glowing bats might sound like something out of a ghost story or Halloween movie, but new research shows it’s not ...