For a fringe-lipped bat, it’s as though its meal is ringing a dinner bell. Bats navigate the world with echolocation, listening to the sound waves of their own calls bouncing off nearby objects.

Most bats see just fine, and in fact, many bat species have very good vision. So do bats have super eyes that allow them to see in the dark? Not quite! Although bats do use their eyes to help guide ...

Bats use the unusual sensory modality of echolocation to fly in complete darkness with speed and agility through complex three-dimensional environments. Their small head size and the use of ...

Research supported by the U.S. Army has developed a synthetic echolocation system that blends biology-inspired engineering and artificial intelligence (AI). This new sensor system allows machines to ...

Bats. Image by Openverse. Echolocation is the primary sensory system bats use to navigate and hunt in darkness. By emitting high-frequency calls and listening to the returning echoes, bats create ...