News articles tagged with 'echolocation'
Spanish scientists develop echolocation in humans
— 30 Jun 2009 11:00 | HealthA team of researchers from the University of Alcala de Henares (UAH) has shown scientifically that human beings can develop echolocation, the system of acoustic signals used by dolphins... — full story
Bats recognise the individual voices of other bats
— 5 Jun 2009 17:04 | BiologyBats can use the characteristics of other bats' voices to recognise each other, according to a study by researchers from the University of Tuebingen, Germany and the University of Applied... — full story
Molecular evolution echoed in bat ears
— 4 Sep 2008 17:07 | BiologyEcholocation may have evolved more than once in bats, according to new research from the University of Bristol published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences... — full story
Research shows bats emitting more dB than a rock concert
— 1 May 2008 18:35 | BiologyAnnemarie Surlykke from the Institute of Biology, SDU, Denmark, and her colleague, Elisabeth Kalko, from the University of Ulm, Germany, studied the echolocation behaviour in 11 species... — full story
Computer algorithm imitate the bat's ability to classify plants using echolocation
— 21 Mar 2008 19:33 | BiologyResearchers have developed a computer algorithm that can imitate the bat's ability to classify plants using echolocation. The study, published today in the open-access journal PLoS... — full story
Scientists find bats evolved ability to fly before echolocation
— 13 Feb 2008 13:14 | Geology and palaeontologyThe discovery of a remarkably well-preserved fossil representing the most primitive bat species known to date - and an entirely new family of bats - demonstrates that these animals... — full story
Bats add their voice to the FOXP2 story
— 19 Sep 2007 15:36 | BiologyWhen it comes to the FOXP2 gene, humans have had most to shout about. Discoveries that mutations in this gene lead to speech defects and that the gene underwent changes around the time... — full story
Whales evolved biosonar to chase squid into the deep
— 6 Sep 2007 13:42 | BiologyBehind the sailor's lore of fearsome battles between sperm whale and giant squid lies a deep question of evolution: How did these leviathans develop the underwater sonar needed to chase... — full story
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