Bats are ecologically important, responsible for pest control, pollination and seed dispersal. They use echolocation to "see," emitting ultrasonic sound waves that bounce back off objects and give ...

Many species of bats use echolocation to avoid obstacles like tree branches and hunt small insects as they fly through the dark. But it turns out echolocation for bats is much more than just a ...

Bats are famously agile in the air, but what happens when one ends up in the water? The answer involves a swimming technique ...

For a bat to be at the top of its game for echolocation, it needs a good head on its shoulders. Not all bats, though, are the same when it comes to sensing their surroundings in total darkness — some ...

This unusual bat looks remarkably like a dog. But its funny face hides a fascinating story of speed, echolocation and species ...

Bats can locate their prey using echolocation without confusion even when immersed in a thick swarm of many hundreds of other bats, and now researchers have discovered the secret. The winged mammals ...

Bats, as the main predator of night-flying insects, create a selective pressure that has led many of their prey to evolve an early warning system of sorts: ears uniquely tuned to high-frequency bat ...

Inspired by bats’ use of echolocation, researchers have developed smart glasses that transform visual information into unique sound representations that enhance the ability of blind and ...