What do bats, dolphins, shrews, and whales have in common? Echolocation! Echolocation is the ability to use sound to navigate. Many animals, and even some humans, are able to use sounds in order to ...

Two major groups of bats that use echolocation have different structures for connecting the inner ear to the brain, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Chicago, the American ...

Bats are searching for shelter this time of year. Don’t let your home become their hangout. Just because you haven’t been awakened to a creature swooping around you at night doesn’t mean you don’t ...

New research has discovered the first case of acoustic mimicry between a mammal and an insect—an acquired skill that could just save certain bats’ skin. Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s ...

A new study shows fringe-lipped bats use a similar hunting strategy to lions and have a higher energy efficiency.

A frog-eating bat approaches a túngara frog, one of its preferred foods. Image credit: Grant Maslowski It is late at night, and we are silently watching a bat in a roost through a night-vision camera.