Contrary to popular belief, bats aren’t flying blind. But they do rely heavily on sound—rather than vision—to confidently ...

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What’s that chirping sound coming through the detector? Did you feel something whiz past? Those are just some ways people ...

They fly at night, communicate using sounds humans can't hear and are often associated with the spooky season. But bats are ...

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Bats navigate cluttered environments by interpreting patterns in echo changes—known as acoustic flow velocity—rather than analyzing individual echoes. Experiments show bats adjust their speed based on ...

Finding bats is hard. They are small, fast and they primarily fly at night. But our new research could improve the way conservationists find bat roosts. We've developed a new algorithm that ...