Bats are well known for their ability to “see” with sound, using echolocation to find food and their roosts. Some bats may also conceive a map made of sounds from their home range. This map ...

Bats are nocturnal predators, and echolocation is their secret weapon. When hunting, a bat emits rapid-fire bursts of sound, called feeding buzzes, as it closes in on its prey.

Bats, often misunderstood creatures of the night, play a vital role in our ecosystems. Contrary to popular belief, bats are ...

Bats live in a world of sounds. They use vocalizations both to communicate with their conspecifics and for navigation. For the latter, they emit sounds in the ultrasonic range, ...

Humans can only hear a maximum of about 20 kHz, so most bat sounds are ultrasonic, meaning humans cannot hear them. It’s a good thing that humans are not able to hear most bat calls because the sound ...

Two decades ago squeaks at Hanningfield alerted conservationists to the presence of soprano pipistrelles, which are among the ...

Most of us don't like to hear bumps in the night. We're diurnal creatures; that is, we are most active during the day. We share our daytime with many other animals, such as squirrels and birds and ...

Bats’ sounds are also similar to those of throat singers. Throat singing is an ancient tradition practiced by the people of Tuva, a small republic in southern Siberia.