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Crowded skies are forcing gray bats to adjust their echolocation, revealing how they adapt their calls in real time to avoid ...

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 ...

The researchers: “For the first time, we have shown that bats are able to navigate great distances in open areas with their eyes closed, using only echolocation; they even create a mental acoustic map ...

Bats use both sight and sound to hunt more efficiently in light, miniature sensors show by Jan Zwilling, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan ...