Find out what echolocation is, including its benefits, learning process, and how it works.

Dolphin echolocation functions in the brain differently than human echolocation, which, for those who learn the skill, is primarily processed in the visual cortex.

To navigate, echolocating bats use a local and directed beam of sound. However, this echolocation is short-ranged and highly directional and can best detect large objects within only a few dozen feet.

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.… ...

Toothed whales use sound to find their way around, detect objects, and catch fish. They can investigate their environment by making clicking sounds, and then decoding the "echoic return signal ...

Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks—And It Remodels Your Brain Human echolocation repurposes parts of the brain’s visual cortex for sound, even in sighted people ...

Reflected sounds help bats, dolphins, and other animals navigate in extreme darkness—and humans can even train themselves to learn echolocation.

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

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 ...

For Dolphins, Echolocation May Be More Like ‘Touching’ Than ‘Seeing’ Dolphins seem to “feel” their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar ...