And there’s another way in which echolocation seems more like touch than vision: a dolphin’s sonar beam is far narrower than our visual field. Whereas we take in 180 degrees at a glance, ...

Dolphins also use echolocation to catch their prey, although how this works isn’t entirely clear. They don’t typically use it to avoid obstacles, as this isn’t a problem in the ocean.

Bats are well known for their ability to “see” with sound, using echolocation to find food and their roosts. Some bats may also conceive a map made of sounds from their home range. This map ...

What animals use echolocation? Of the echolocating critters, bats and toothed whales like dolphins are the all-stars. Dolphins are able to detect objects more than 300 feet away, and can even tell ...

Most of us associate echolocation with bats. These amazing creatures are able to chirp at frequencies beyond the limit of our hearing, and they use the reflected sound to map the world around them.… ...

This "biosonar," called echolocation, is rare in the animal kingdom. Toothed whales use sound to find their way around, detect objects, and catch fish.

It may seem remarkable but a study shows that humans could learn to “see” without their eyes, by using echolocation, much as bats do.

Human echolocation repurposes parts of the brain’s visual cortex for sound, even in sighted people. Skip to main content. Scientific American. October 24, 2024. 2 min read.

The system works just like bat echolocation. It was designed to emit sounds across frequencies, which a robot's microphone then picks up as they bounce off walls.

Holly is a graduate medical biochemist with an enthusiasm for making science interesting, fun and accessible. According to a new study, we may have been thinking about dolphins’ echolocation all ...