A structure that allows sound information to be processed extremely fast has been identified in bats' brains. Researchers were able to analyse the echo-locating animals' neurones as they caught ...

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 ...

This story appears in the March 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. Nature’s inventiveness knows no bounds. Consider the case of the nectar-drinking bat and the night-flowering vine ...