The ability to focus on where we will be in the near future, rather than where we are at present, may be a key characteristic of the mammalian brain's built-in navigation system, suggests a new study.

This is a summary of: Forli, A. & Yartsev, M. M. Hippocampal representation during collective spatial behaviour in bats. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023 ...

How can we understand the activity of wild bats? Mostly soundless, flying in the dark, bats feed at night and evade our senses. Many bats can use echolocation to hunt and can avoid the traditional ...

Recordings from echolocating bat brains have for the first time given researchers a view into how mammals understand 3-D space. By training bats to fly around obstacles in a room, and sit patiently on ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Zoo has welcomed three Rodrigues flying fox bat pups into its family, helping grow the population of a species that once nearly went extinct. The zoo explained that the bat ...

Every day, our brain takes countless fleeting experiences - from walks on the beach to presentations at work - and transforms them into long-term memories. How exactly this works remains a mystery, ...