Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Northern right whale dolphins swim just under the surface near British Columbia, Canada. Echolocation is a logical strategy in the ...

New research shows that proboscis bats communicate with each other and echolocate at higher frequencies than scientists expected. This could help the animals sneak up to their targets and evade creatu ...

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Many species of bats use echolocation to avoid obstacles like tree branches and hunt small insects as they fly through the dark. But it turns out echolocation for bats is much more than just a ...

Blind as a bat? Hardly. All bats can see to some degree, and certain species possess prominent eyes and a keen sense of vision. Take the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). This species is ...

Bats are some of the most highly specialized mammals to have ever evolved. This includes not only the evolution of active flight, but also their echolocation. This ability requires the bats to produce ...

Sound plays an important role for many animals, helping them navigate and hunt. Echolocation is the ability of animals like bats and dolphins to locate objects by emitting sound waves and interpreting ...

An eight-month acoustic survey in central Chile's endangered sclerophyllous forest reveals two distinct peaks of bat activity ...

Northern right whale dolphins swim just under the surface near British Columbia, Canada. Echolocation is a logical strategy in the ocean, where sound travels five times faster than in air. Photograph ...