"Because bats don’t generally make much noise, many homeowners may be unaware of them roosting in their lofts or cellars.

“When you enter a bat cave, you hear a lot of ‘gibberish,’ a cacophony of aggressive bat noise,” lead author Yossi Yovel of Tel Aviv University said in a press release. “Previous research presumed ...

Next, the researchers wanted to test how barn owls (Tyto alba) would react to the bats’ buzzing noises. Through a speaker, the researchers played recordings of the honey bee, hornet, and mouse-eared ...