Bats have evolved one of the most sophisticated biological sonar systems on Earth: echolocation. This remarkable ability allows them to “see” with their ears by producing high-frequency sound ...

One of the biggest problems that we’ve consistently reported on has to do with the autofocus on cameras of all sorts. In ...

Mexican free-tailed bats now have a new claim to fame: Recent research shows that they are able to sabotage the sonar systems of rival bats trying to capture a meal. Aaron Corcoran, a biologist ...

[Tony Messina] had been fascinated with bat’s echolocation since he was a kid. After he retired, he decided to act on this fascination and built a simple bat detector. The simple bat detector ...

More about Bat "Radar" A sequel to an earlier article which described the capacity of bats to locate objects by supersonic echoes. This natural sonar is now known to incorporate extraordinary ...

(The radar system called to mind the way bats use sonar for navigating, hence the missile's nickname.) The Bat was developed through a collaboration between the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance ...

The experimental design depicted here was used to demonstrate that the tiger moth Bertholdia trigona jams the sonar of bats. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 17 ...

The rear of a male hawkmoth, showing the stridulatory scales that generate ultrasound. Bats rely on ultrasonic echolocation, or sonar, to find prey, allowing them to catch victims with ease in the ...