An illustrations showing the inner ear of a bat. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for ...

This photo shows a sequence of deforming ears on the bat, taken in the laboratory of Rolf Mueller, Virginia Tech associate professor of mechanical engineering. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

and the lump-nosed bat, its appearance is defined by a pair of outsize ears and a lump-adorned nose. These bats, whose bodies are normally less than 4 inches long, have ears that extend more than ...

DESCRIPTION: The tricolored bat is the smallest bat found throughout the eastern ... and dark at the base. These bats have oblong ears, which when held toward the nose reach just beyond the tip of the ...