Bats are well known for their ability to “see” with sound, using echolocation to find food and their roosts. Some bats may also conceive a map made of sounds from their home range. This map ...

Bats are fascinating animals, and despite all the myth and creepiness surrounding them, they really remind one more of a drunk bird lost in the night sky than the blood-sucking creature they’re ...

Bats use high-frequency sound as a tool. With their vocal cords, they bang out short, swift bursts through their nostrils or mouths, molding airwaves and interpreting the pattern changes that ...

The bat emits chirps from their adorably tiny larynx the same way a human uses its vocal cords to produce sound. The bat then listens for an echo of that sound and can make inferences about the ...

Imagine being dropped in complete darkness three kilometers from home with only a flashlight to guide you. Could you find ...

A dog might tilt its head toward a muted sound. Here researchers wondered how hearing-dependent echolocating bats might adapt when a key auditory region in the brain was turned off. They trained bats ...