Encountering vampire bats and snakes in dark caves may sound like the stuff of nightmares, but for Mexican ecologist Rodrigo Medellín it’s just another day at work. As part of the Rolex Perpetual ...

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Bats live in a world of sounds. They use vocalizations both to communicate with their conspecifics and for navigation. For the latter, they emit sounds in the ultrasonic range, which echo and ...

Bats are our friends. They were here when saber-toothed tigers roamed L.A., and they eat the bugs that drive us crazy, so they need habitat protection too.

You might shudder at the sight of bats in your yard, but the reason they've arrived -- and why you'd want to attract them -- isn't quite what you'd think.

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 ...

Bats’ sounds are also similar to those of throat singers. Throat singing is an ancient tradition practiced by the people of Tuva, a small republic in southern Siberia.

Erin Gillam is a biologist who uses bat sounds to control insect pests on farms.

The device then records the bat sounds and then either heterodynes the sound down or time-expands it to human-audible range so the calls can actually be heard.

Interestingly, many of the moths appeared to be converging on similar sounds, Barber says. Bats’ reliance on echolocation has given moths a way to avoid ending up as food.

Spanish carmaker Cupra releases a new version of the Formentor VZ5. It's called BAT and relies heavily on visual modifications in black ...

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 ...