Bats, often misunderstood creatures of the night, play a vital role in our ecosystems. Contrary to popular belief, bats are ...

Echolocation is the ability of some animals to know their environment by emitting sounds and interpreting the echoes they ...

A structure that allows sound information to be processed extremely fast has been identified in bats' brains. Researchers were able to analyse the echo-locating animals' neurones as they caught ...

They shape their flowers to catch a bat’s ear. The von Helversens followed their observation with a broader investigation into flower echoes, using a colony of captive bats at their lab in Erlangen.

Bats use echolocation to detect obstacles in flight, find their way into roosts and forage for food. As they fly, they make calls and listen to the returning echoes to build up a sonic map of ...

The study, by Dr. Mary E. Bates of Brown University in Providence, R.I., and colleagues was titled, "Bats Use Echo Harmonic Structure to Distinguish Their Targets from Background Clutter." ...

To locate and catch prey, insectivorous bats use an acoustic orientation called echolocation. They emit a series of supersonic cries through the mouth or nose and detect flying insects by the echoes ...

More about Bat "Radar" A sequel to an earlier article which described the capacity of bats to locate objects by supersonic echoes. This natural sonar is now known to incorporate extraordinary ...

How, for instance, does a bat cope when its echo-location system fails? Micro-bats transmit sound pulses and monitor their echoes from the surroundings. The pulses are extremely powerful but ...