Many bat species emit echolocation calls and use the returning echoes to find their way, detect the presence of fluttering ...

P. kuhlii above a spectrogram of its echolocation sequence. Source: Eran Amichai, used with permission. Many bats navigate using echolocation—emitting high-frequency sound pulses and analyzing the ...

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As darkness falls, a greater Japanese horseshoe bat gets ready to head out for the night's hunt. As it takes flight, it uses its refined hearing to zero in on a target in the noisy forest. The ...

Bats are nocturnal hunters and use echolocation to orientate themselves by emitting high-frequency ultrasonic sounds in rapid succession and evaluating the calls’ reflections. Yet, they have retained ...

Bats are some of the most highly specialized mammals to have ever evolved. This includes not only the evolution of active flight, but also their echolocation. This ability requires the bats to produce ...

Most bats use echolocation to navigate and hunt, but some use their ears for another trick: eavesdropping. Hunt like a bat! How baby bats learn to eavesdrop on their next meal There are over 1400 ...

Bat perception has been examined for decades as a problem of sensory reach rather than animal intelligence. Many species operate routinely in environments where human perception offers little guidance ...