This blog post is provided by Krizler Tanalgo and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “The behavioural costs of overcrowding for gregarious cave-dwelling bats”, which was published last year in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Tanalgo and colleagues investigated the effects of overcrowding on bat diurnal activities, revealing that they may not be very good at sharing tight spaces. Bats are one … Continue reading Does Being Too Close Hurt Us? Lessons on Overpopulation from Bats