400-year-old painting reveals a bat's secret diet

400-year-old painting reveals a bat's secret diet

Natural historians have many observational techniques in their toolkit for learning about the natural world: tagging animals with tracking devices, recording sounds, analyzing droppings or simply watching and counting. As technology has advanced, these methods have grown far more precise and wide-reaching, letting researchers capture details that were once impossible to detect. Even today, however, these cutting-edge tools aren't the only route …

Scientists solved a bat mystery hidden in a Renaissance Painting

A 17th-century painting captured a bat hunt. Continue reading Scientists solved a bat mystery hidden in a Renaissance Painting on Tech Explorist.