As winged mammals, baby bats learn to fly and stop drinking mothers’ milk during their transition from infants to flying juveniles. Bat researchers observed a new behavior. Mothers push pups away with their forearms, perhaps encouraging them to go explore the world on their own
It is much faster to learn to recognize a new prey item from a neighboring species, than to learn by trial and error.
A discovery by a Smithsonian intern in Panama is published by the journal Science .
Things just got worse for male túngara frogs who beckon frog-eating bats with their mating calls. Now it appears that the ripples they make also attract hungry bats.
