News articles tagged with 'echolocation'
How bats 'hear' objects in their path
— 28 Nov 2011 19:26 | BiologyBy placing real and virtual objects in the flight paths of bats, scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Munich have shed new light on how echolocation works. Their research is…
Bat brains offer clues as to how we focus on some sounds and not others
— 15 Nov 2010 16:54 | BiologyHow do you know what to listen to? In the middle of a noisy party, how does a mother suddenly focus on a child's cry, even if it isn't her own?…
Squid studies provide valuable insights into hearing mechanisms
— 16 Oct 2010 10:45 | BiologyThe ordinary squid, Loligo pealii - best known until now as a kind of floating buffet for just about any fish in the sea - may be on the verge of becoming a scientific superstar, providing…
The language of bats
— 27 May 2010 10:53 | BiologyMany species of bats hunt insects 'on the wing' by making ultrasonic calls and using the echo to find prey while in flight. But do bats use echolocation calls to communicate with each…
Keeping an ear out for kin
— 20 May 2010 12:37 | BiologyBats can distinguish between the calls of their own and different species with their echolocation calls, report scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen.…
Bats' echolocation recorded for human exploit
— 11 May 2010 20:37 | BiologyBats' remarkable ability to 'see' in the dark uses the echoes from their own calls to decipher the shape of their dark surroundings. This process, known as echolocation, allows bats…
Aiming to the side
— 7 Feb 2010 15:32 | BiologyThe best way to track a moving object with a flashlight might be to aim it to one side, catching the object in the edge of the beam rather than the centre. New research at the Weizmann…
'Zen' bats hit their target by not aiming at it
— 7 Feb 2010 14:04 | BiologyNew research conducted at the University of Maryland's bat lab shows Egyptian fruit bats find a target by NOT aiming their guiding sonar directly at it. Instead, they alternately point…
In bats and whales, convergence in echolocation ability runs deep
— 26 Jan 2010 14:54 | BiologyOnly some bats and toothed whales rely on sophisticated echolocation, in which they emit sonar pulses and process returning echoes, to detect and track down small prey. Now, two new…
Bat researchers no longer flying blind on echolocation
— 24 Jan 2010 19:34 | BiologyResearchers at The University of Western Ontario led an international and multi-disciplinary study that sheds new light on the way that bats echolocate. With echolocation, animals emit…