In an effort to identify and save rare species, an international team of scientists has compiled the world’s biggest library of bat sounds. Led by researchers from the University College London (UCL), ...

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 ...

We all know that bats are masters of the night, with their high-pitched calls and whisper-quiet wings, weaving through tangled trees and swooping in on insects in total darkness. But exactly how they ...