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Bats and their cognitive performance: new research findings

By | March 25, 2025

Would you help someone calling for help if that person was standing unharmed right in front of you? Probably not – and bats have similar reservations, as a new study in Current Biology shows. Researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the University of Naples Federico II demonstrate that bats compare visual or olfactory impressions with acoustic signals to determine reality… Read more »