A paper recently published in the journal Folia Primatologica presents preliminary evidence for ultrasound echolocation in primates. Echolocation is the process of emitting sound waves and listening ...

Searching for food at night can be tricky. To find prey in the dark, bats use echolocation, their “sixth sense.” But to find food faster, some species, like Molossus molossus, may search within ...

Echolocation is a form of perception that bats, dolphins and some species of whales are known to use. It consists of emitting sounds and given the different rates in which the thus emitted sound waves ...

Bats exhibit remarkable sensory adaptations that enable them to navigate, forage and communicate in complex and cluttered environments. At the heart of their extraordinary capabilities lies ...