New paper: Geipel* I, Kernan* CE, Litterer AS, Carter GG, Page RA, ter Hofstede HM. 2020. Predation risks of signalling and searching: bats prefer katydids in motion in Biology Letters. When I was a kid, I would throw tiny pebbles or bits of wood in the air when bats were foraging, and the bats would often … Continue reading Gleaning bats that can detect motionless prey still prefer moving katydids

There's a new a paper out today entitled “Social structure and relatedness in the fringe-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus)” in Royal Society Open Science, by Victoria Flores, me, Tanja Halczok, Gerald Kerth, and Rachel Page (who was an advisor for Victoria as a PhD student and for me as a Postdoc). The fringe-lipped bat is an … Continue reading Social structure of frog-eating bats

We have a new paper, "Thinking small: Next-generation sensor networks close the size gap in vertebrate biologging", out in the open-access journal PLOS Biology. Ohio State News did a great article summarizing the work. Congratulations to Bridget Brown, who successfully defended her MSc thesis, "Do bats use olfactory cues to find roosts?". Bridget is interested … Continue reading ‘Next-generation’ sensor networks for small animals (and other news)

The study from our previous post was selected as one of the 5 competitors for “Coolest Science Story of the Year” at The Ohio State University. LINK: https://news.osu.edu/we-chose-five-of-our-favorites-you-pick-the-winner/ Please vote for us and spread the word! Everyone can actually vote multiple times: every day until Dec 31.