According to past experiments, big-eared bats use leaves as acoustic mirrors to hunt silent insects. The theory stated that ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute used a robot to mimic common big-eared bats' echolocation skills ...

Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly ...

We hear a frightening noise and naturally feel the need to defend ourselves. The noise is registered in our ears as a series of vibrations traveling through a medium, and we are instantly alert. A new ...

There are a lot of animals on Earth that use camouflage to blend in with their surroundings, but perhaps one of the better examples of this in action is the humble leaf insect, which can look exactly ...

Female moths avoid laying eggs on stressed plants that emit ultrasonic sounds. Instead, they choose silent, healthy plants.

Did you know there's an insect that naturally blends in with its surroundings? Learn all about the rare leaf insect's ...

Observations of insects and their feeding marks on leaves in modern forests confirm indications from fossil leaf deposits that the diversity of chewing damage relates directly to diversity of the ...