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Bats on a break: Tracking the secret life of pond bats
- April 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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What do bats do at night when they're not hunting? Using tiny GPS trackers, Leiden researchers discovered that pond bats spend a substantial portion of the night resting—often outdoors. This surprising insight could change the way we protect them. "To rest or to roam: Functional habitat use of an insectivorous bat species during active and resting behavior" is published in Biological Conservation.
Originally published at Phys.org