A five-year U.S. Army project to create critical habitat for bats will clear brush and plant fruit trees in Germany’s Hohenfels Military Training Area. The project, funded by the European … Read More
New research into bat echolocation calls has revealed that they contain much more information than is needed to hunt or find their way around in the dark. The study, undertaken … Read More
Scientists have discovered two prehistoric flutes at Geissenkloesterle Cave in Germany’s Swabian Jura region. The flutes, made of bird bone and mammoth ivory, have been dated to between 42,000 and … Read More
An international team of researchers studying viruses in Germany have discovered that bats act as a natural host for paramyxoviruses, the family of viruses responsible for measles, mumps, pneumonias and … Read More
For the large cave spider, 2012 is poised to be an exciting year. Having recently been voted as both the 2012 European Spider of the Year and the German Cave … Read More
Recent research by scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Munich have given us a better understanding of how bat echolocation works. The study, which involved placing objects in a … Read More
A cave discovered three years ago beneath Germany’s Thuringian Forest is the subject of a search to find an alternate entrance, after the original one was sealed up. During construction … Read More
Next summer the International Training Camp for Young Speleologists or Juhöföla 2012, will take place in Germany’s Swabian Alps. Based in the town of Blaubeuren – Seissen, the 16 day … Read More
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