“Mamama,” “dadada,” “bababa” – parents usually welcome with enthusiasm the sounds of a baby’s babble. Babbling is the first milestone when learning to speak. All typically developing infants babble, ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Mother-pup pair of the greater sac-winged bat. The pup (dark fur color) is holding on to the mother´s belly (light fur color). Source: Michael Stifter, used with permission. When talking to babies, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Bats are well known for their ability to “see” with sound, using ...

Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 27 March 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Y. Prat at Tel Aviv University in ...

Mother-pup pair of the greater sac-winged bat. The pup (dark fur color) is holding on to the mother´s belly (light fur color). Source: Michael Stifter, used with permission. When talking to babies, ...