Bat cage (IMAGE) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Caption STRI Research Associate and Marie Curie post-doctoral fellow, showed that bats’ ability to sense different kinds of prey could play an important role in the high diversity of species we see in the tropics. Credit Sean Mattson, STRI Usage Restrictions Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. License CC BY-NC Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.