For a bat to be at the top of its game for echolocation, it needs a good head on its shoulders. Not all bats, though, are the same when it comes to sensing their surroundings in total darkness — some ...

The greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) emits calls at a precise 83 kHz and adjusts that frequency in real time as it closes in on a moth, compensating for the Doppler shift its own ...

Bats are some of the most highly specialized mammals to have ever evolved. This includes not only the evolution of active flight, but also their echolocation. This ability requires the bats to produce ...

However, some bat species, such as the greater Japanese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus nippon), use unique pulses that include both FM and constant-frequency (CF) components. The bats detect and identify ...

P. kuhlii above a spectrogram of its echolocation sequence. Source: Eran Amichai, used with permission. Many bats navigate using echolocation—emitting high-frequency sound pulses and analyzing the ...

It may sound like a scene from "Nosferatu," but research from the University of East Anglia shows that humans can use bat-like echolocation skills to judge the distance of objects. The new study ...

A landmark genetic study suggests bats originated in Europe around 65 million years ago, offering new clues about the evolution of flight and echolocation.