February 11, 2025
Spix’s disc-winged bats shrieked when they were first shown mealworms, a new food for them. Were they alarmed, or were they communicating their excitement to their fellow bats?
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Rachel Page
September 25, 2024
Over the last two years, staff at the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center have worked to save bats from the dangers of the Russian full-scale invasion. Now, they join researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute to study bat behavior in Panama.
December 14, 2023
Meet the 76 species of bats that occupy this small island!
November 14, 2023
The first Sunday of every month, residents and visitors join researchers from the Smithsonian Bat Lab to get a close-up look at Panama’s bats.
October 21, 2022
Celebrating International Bat Week, come learn about real vampires!
July 11, 2022
Researcher May Dixon discovered that frog-eating bats could recognize ringtones indicating a food reward up to four years later.
