We all know that bats are masters of the night, with their high-pitched calls and whisper-quiet wings, weaving through tangled trees and swooping in on insects in total darkness. But exactly how they ...
Bats navigate chaos in complete darkness by listening to shifting echoes, adjusting speed instantly without tracking every ...
In a new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, scientists from the University of Bristol reframe the concept of echolocation.
Flying bats do not travel through silence. Every call they make comes back layered with sound from leaves, branches, trunks, ...
What do bats, dolphins, shrews and whales have in common? Echolocation! Echolocation is the ability to use sound to navigate. Many animals, and even some humans, are able to use sounds in order to ...