Jesse Barber and Akito Kawahara study the evolutionary arms race between bats and moths. In Sumacó, Ecuador, Entomologists Jesse Barber and Akito Kawahara study the centuries-long evolutionary arms ...

Scientists recently discovered that Luna moths use their long tails as decoys to throw bats off their trail. But their tails also make Luna moths might also make them stand out to potential mates and ...

Thomas Neil receives funding from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) . There aren’t many better examples of two species embroiled in an intense struggle for survival than bats ...

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 ...

It's time now for our regular science news roundup with our friends at NPR's Short Wave podcast. And this week we've got Regina Barber and Margaret Cirino. Hey there. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey.

Sarah Venter receives funding from the Baobab Foundation. Baobabs are sometimes called “upside-down trees”, because their branches look like roots reaching skywards. Of the eight species of baobab in ...