Tag: echolocation

Researchers in Washington state are testing an array of hydrophones in Puget Sound to see if the devices can detect the presence of orcas and help ships cut their engines...

Humpback whales make different types of sound every year to communicate with each other. That may make life more complicated for the whales, but it could also affect conservation efforts...

Pipes allowing bats entrance into caves may distort sound and deter them from entering In an effort to keep people out of dangerous caves and mines, managers often put up...

Bats can bounce echolocation signals off leaves — using them like mirrors — to detect stationary insects to prey on. “It’s a pretty neat and pretty cool mechanism,” said Inga...

When Ted Weller saw the blips that appeared on the digital map, they suggested to him something bat biologists had suspected but could never see. The black spots over Montana...

Giving someone the “silent treatment” during courtship might not be the best strategy for romance. But new research shows hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus) fly with little or no echolocation at all as...