When tiger beetles hear a bat nearby, they respond by creating a high-pitched, ultrasonic noise, and for the past 30 years, no one has known why. In a new study, scientists lay the mystery to rest by ...

For many nocturnal moths, hearing sound waves is a matter of survival in the night sky. Their ability to detect ultrasonic calls emitted by bats determines whether they escape or become prey. This ...

Researchers played simulated bat echolocation calls in the laboratory and found that egg-bearing A. nigrisigna stopped flying when exposed to high pulse repetition rates. This behavior could be ...

Sounding like a toxic moth might keep some beetles safe from hungry bats. When certain tiger beetles hear an echolocating bat draw near, they respond with extremely high-pitched clicks. This acoustic ...

All eight kinds of bats found in New Hampshire are designated species of conservation concern. Recording them is one way to identify them, part of an effort to track and monitor at-risk species. At ...