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

Biologists and engineers have joined forces to build a new robot bat that’s helping us understand how real bats use ...

A long-standing mystery about how wild bats navigate complex environments in complete darkness with remarkable precision, has ...

Bats are nocturnal hunters and use echolocation to orient themselves by emitting high-frequency ultrasonic sounds in rapid succession and evaluating the calls' reflections. Yet, they have retained a ...

Bats are nocturnal hunters and use echolocation to orientate themselves by emitting high-frequency ultrasonic sounds in rapid succession and evaluating the calls’ reflections. Yet, they have retained ...

Why do researchers think big-eared bats can find hidden insects without having to scrutinize every leaf in a forest?Their ...

Scientists have finally cracked the code on how bats fly through dense forests without crashing. This discovery of sound flow ...

Popular Science highlighted a University of Cincinnati study that used engineering-inspired biology to examine how bats find ...