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

Europe’s largest bat hunts and eats birds midair, finally solving a 25-year mystery about how these nocturnal predators ...

The discovery of bird DNA in bat poo has suggested that a handful of bat species are able to hunt migrating birds.

Eerie audio recordings reveal how Europe's largest bats hunt, catch, kill, and eat birds in mid-flight without having to land.

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

A campaign against the illegal killing of birds of prey in the Yorkshire Dales has been launched. The Friends of the Dales' ...

Scientists listened to birds from around the world. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 10, 2025 1:33 PM EST Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Researchers conducted a global study of the factors that influence bird sounds, using more than 100,000 audio recordings from around the world. Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a ...

The term mid-size terror bird sounds kind of bizarre at first, as though terror birds, whatever they might be, come in a range of sizes, all of them a bit scary ...