Most people who look up at dusk and see a bat wonder the same two things: who is it, and what is it doing? Starting this summer, a backyard station from BirdWeather can answer both.

Bats are fascinating animals, and despite all the myth and creepiness surrounding them, they really remind one more of a drunk bird lost in the night sky than the blood-sucking creature they’re often ...

Seaham's Desmond Consitt has been listening to bats for 15 years, but has noticed falling numbers.

As somebody who loves technology and wildlife and also needs to develop an old farmhouse, going down the bat detector rabbit hole was a journey hard to resist. Bats are ideal animals for hackers to ...

Humans have formed hunting partnerships with a variety of animals in addition to honey guides, which were noted in last week’s column. For example, a traditional method of fishing for ‘opelu in ...

A new algorithm is making it easier for ecologists and conservationists to find bat roost locations—reducing search areas by nearly 375 times their previous size. The technology combines microphone ...

Studying insect-eating bats isn’t easy: they’re tiny, fly at night, and navigate using ultrasonic frequencies far above human hearing range. But experts in India have come up with a potential solution ...

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts interested in creating an ultrasonic bat detector may be interested in a project published by Tegwyn Twmffat to the Design Spark website earlier this year. A Raspberry Pi mini ...