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As I walked around the local park just after sunset holding a stick in the air, a friendly guy approached to ask what I was doing? “I’m listening to bats,” I said. There was a long pause as he screwed ...

Researchers have discovered that certain bats use vocal structures similar to those of death metal singers to create their ...

Even in loud settings with tons of different noises, we seem to have a knack for focusing in on the most important sounds, particularly sounds of danger. If we’re anything like bats, it’s because our ...

Bats are disappearing, falling prey to a mysterious disease called white-nose syndrome. At a national park in Vermont, their mysterious sounds are... Bat Calls Make Eerie Comeback As Techno-Like Beats ...

Ninad Kothari’s workplace looks like something out of a sci-fi film. The graduate student at Johns Hopkins University works in a darkened, red-lit room, where he trains bats to fly through obstacle ...

Bats have a clever way of moving around in the dark called echolocation, which is a bit like “seeing with sound.” Instead of ...

What do bats, dolphins, shrews, and whales have in common? Echolocation! Echolocation is the ability to use sound to navigate. Many animals, and even some humans, are able to use sounds in order to ...