According to past experiments, big-eared bats use leaves as acoustic mirrors to hunt silent insects. The theory stated that ...

If you have ever watched a bat cut through the night sky, it almost feels unreal. No light, no landmarks, yet no crashes either. They twist through ...

Bats navigate chaos in complete darkness by listening to shifting echoes, adjusting speed instantly without tracking every ...

Biologists and engineers have joined forces to build a new robot bat that’s helping us understand how real bats use ...

A long-standing mystery about how wild bats navigate complex environments in complete darkness with remarkable precision, has ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Bats are well known for their ability to “see” with sound ...

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

Scientists have finally cracked the code on how bats fly through dense forests without crashing. This discovery of sound flow ...

Flying bats do not travel through silence. Every call they make comes back layered with sound from leaves, branches, trunks, ...

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 ...

Brown long-eared bats have some of the most sensitive hearing of any mammal. This helps them both hunt and avoid being hunted ...

Popular Science highlighted a University of Cincinnati study that used engineering-inspired biology to examine how bats find ...