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The Best of Our Knowledge

The Best Of Our Knowledge

Vampire Bats and Ancient Voyage

By Madeleine Reynolds

Published October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT

Spectral Bats, known as Vampire Bats, cuddling.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.

Vampire Bats… not really an inviting name, but new research discovers that these bats have behaviors of cuddling, playing, sharing, and more

And we also learn about an ancient voyage recreation that happened thousands of years ago across one of the strongest ocean currents in the world by a team of researchers.

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