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

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

Bats, nature’s original night-flyers, have a hidden navigation skill that outperforms even the most advanced human sensors. A ...

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

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

A recent study led by the University of Bristol has solved a long-standing mystery, explaining how wild bats navigate in ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute used a robot to mimic common big-eared bats' echolocation skills ...

Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly ...

Why do researchers think big-eared bats can find hidden insects without having to scrutinize every leaf in a forest?Their ...

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 possess remarkable sensory abilities, utilizing echolocation with incredible precision to map their surroundings and detect object properties. Beyond sound, their specialized vision extends into ...