Bats navigate cluttered environments by interpreting patterns in echo changes—known as acoustic flow velocity—rather than analyzing individual echoes. Experiments show bats adjust their speed based on ...

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Forget high-tech radar; nature's original night-fliers have been hiding a navigation secret that puts our best sensors to shame. A groundbreaking study from the University of Bristol has finally ...

A trained hawk carried sensors through a swarm of hundreds of thousands of bats, recording data that helped researchers figure out how the flying mammals manage to pick out their own high-pitched ...

When and where to see Austin's famous bats, the best viewing spots, and tips for catching the Congress Avenue Bridge and ...

A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they ...

We all know that bats are masters of the night, with their high-pitched calls and whisper-quiet wings, weaving through tangled trees and swooping in on insects in total darkness. But exactly how they ...