It’s not easy being deaf in the dark—especially when your greatest enemy is a master of sound. Such is the twilight plight of the humble cabbage tree emperor moth (Bunaea alcinoe): It’s all these ...

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 ...

It’s now well-established that bats can develop a mental picture of their environment using echolocation. But we’re still figuring out what that means—how bats take the echoes of their own ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever caught yourself picking up a friend’s accent or slang, you already understand a little bit about vampire bats. A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B ...

Listening for faint rustling noises made by tasty beetles on a quiet day is simple for bats hunting with their exquisitely sensitive hearing. So try imagining what it must be like trying to locate ...

Bats live in a world of sounds. They use vocalizations both to communicate with their conspecifics and for navigation. For the latter, they emit sounds in the ultrasonic range, which echo and enable ...

Leaf-nosed bats can locate even small prey with echolocation by exploiting an “acoustic mirror” effect, according to a recent paper in Current Biology. If the bat approaches an insect on a leaf from ...