Most of us associate echolocation with bats. These amazing creatures are able to chirp at frequencies beyond the limit of our hearing, and they use the reflected sound to map the world around them. It ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON – Daniel Kish discussed here at Optometry’s Meeting how he uses echolocation to “see” his surroundings ...

Bats are some of the most highly specialized mammals to have ever evolved. This includes not only the evolution of active flight, but also their echolocation. This ability requires the bats to produce ...

This Tech Note column appeared in the December 2020 issue as "Cut the Clutter." Subscribe to Discover magazine for more stories like this. One rainy night in March 2007, graduate student Ralph Simon ...

Bats are adapting to human noise by changing their hunting strategies, according to a new study. That’s good news for bats, since the number of city-dwellers in the world is expected to increase to ...

Reverberation localization (echolocation) is a method of knowing the distance, direction, size, etc. of an object from the echo of the emitted sound or ultrasonic waves, and is known to be performed ...

Toothed whales use sound to find their way around, detect objects and catch fish. They can investigate their environment by making clicking sounds, and then decoding the “echoic return signal” created ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Humans are born imitators. The ability to imitate others comes naturally to us and plays a major role in how we learn about the world. But imitation is not widespread in the animal kingdom. True ...