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

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 ...

“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 ...