Bats use storm fronts to ‘surf’ the skies when they migrate, study finds
A new study study sheds light on a little-known phenomenon: the long-distance migration treks of nocturnal bats.
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Bats use storm fronts to ‘surf’ the skies when they migrate, study finds
They found that changes in temperature had a strong association with migratory flight, with the bats likelier to migrate before coming warm fronts. The study also revealed that noctule bats travel ...
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How flight helped bats become invincible to viruses
Around the time that bat ancestors evolved powered flight, their genomes picked up immune adaptations that can quell viral ...
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A Tiny Bat Surprises Scientists With Its Long-Distance Gliding Skills
The common noctule is found in Europe, North Africa and Asia. Pregnant females hitch rides on storm winds to cover hundreds ...
Why bats need tunnels
Take “bat tunnels”, the structures designed to help bats safely navigate developments which recently drew the chancellor’s ...
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Bats Hitch a Ride on Storm Fronts When Migrating, Saving Energy by ‘Surfing’ Through the Sky, Study Finds
The findings could help protect bats from wind turbine collisions Sara Hashemi Daily Correspondent Researchers tracked 71 common noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) to parse their migration patterns.
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Wind turbines impair bats' access to water in agricultural landscapes, study finds
as representatives of edge space foraging bats, species of the genera noctule bats (Nyctalus), house bats (Eptesicus) and vesper bats (Vespertilio) as representatives of open-space foraging bats ...
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Smart tags reveal migratory bats are storm-front surfers
Hurme added that greater understanding of bat migration can help prevent collisions with wind turbines, which is a major problem. “More studies like this will pave the way for a system to ...