Study reveals how hunting hawks home in on prey inside a chaotic swarm

Published on August 19, 2022

A new study led by Oxford University researchers has demonstrated how hunting hawks solve the problem of intercepting a single bat within a dense swarm. The findings increase our understanding of how predators select and track a single target among thousands of potential prey.
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Explained: why eating out will ruin your diet

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