How Birds Fly: The Science and Art of Avian Flight by Peter Cavanagh (Firefly Books, 2024).

After nearly 25 years of investigation, scientists have solved the mystery. Europe’s largest bat not only eats small birds, it hunts and catches them more than a kilometer above the ground—and ...

While some bugs have evolved the ability to detect these comparatively low-frequency ultrasound triangulations, birds have ...

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A 56 million-year-old fossil bone helps explain how this (mostly) flightless family of birds spread to so many different ...

For nearly 25 years, scientists have puzzled over how Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, manages to eat small birds.

Experience the elegance of nature in this breathtaking 4K UHD cinematic wildlife footage. This exotic bird, adorned with ...

After nearly 25 years of research, the mystery has finally been solved: Europe's largest bat doesn't just eat small birds—it ...

For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude. During spring and fall migrations, billions of birds take to the night skies. The high-altitude ...

Sensor data reveal greater noctule bats chasing, catching and chewing on birds during high-altitude, nighttime hunts.

The recording gives it away. First, a sudden plunge in altitude, then distressed bird calls before a prolonged series of ...