A fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus, returns to its perch after a successful hunt, and consumes its prey, a túngara frog, Engystomops pustulosus.

A new study found that vampire bats are remarkably good at running by studying how their bodies react to a treadmill. ... and that vampire bats use the blood they consume to catch up to prey faster.

To source their food, some predators eavesdrop on calls emitted by prey. Fringe-lipped bats, which range from Panama to Brazil, are some of the most skilled eavesdroppers in the world.

Tropical bats learn to “eavesdrop” on their prey over time to help distinguish between tasty and toxic frogs, a new analysis suggests. The study looked at fringe-lipped bats that range from ...

To avoid being poisoned by their own prey, some animals must rely on visual cues.However, the frog-eating fringe-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus) uses sound instead of looking out for bright colors ...

Their hearing is so precise they can even home in on prey using ripples that frog calls make on water. 0:16 But fringe-lipped bats have an additional auditory superpower .

Historically, bat migration has been a bit of a black box. While scientists have learned lots about how birds migrate, the handful of bat species that make long-distance journeys have been tougher to ...

Migrating hundreds and hundreds of miles is hard work for the common noctule bat. But this European species makes its marathon journey a little bit easier by paying attention to the weather.