It’s well understood that spiders have poor eyesight and thus sense the vibrations in their webs whenever prey (like a fly) gets caught; the web serves as an extension of their sensory system. But ...

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When you think of echolocation, you probably think of bats or dolphins. But echolocation has also been used as a way for blind people to navigate, too. Despite the skill's usefulness, few blind people ...

What is echolocation? Find out in this episode of Science Trek. Bats emit a high pitch squeak to help them find food. It’s called echolocation. Humans have copied bats and use sound waves too. Learn ...

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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 can help ...

Human echolocation has at times allowed people to ride bikes or play basketball despite being completely blind from a very young age. These echolocators typically perceive their environment by ...

Julius Nziza still remembers the moment vividly. Just before dawn on a chilly January morning in 2019, he and his team gently extracted a tiny brown bat from a net purposely strung to catch the ...

Bats are notoriously hard to spot due to their crepuscular and/or nocturnal behavior. While you may be lucky enough to catch the occasional glimpse as they swoop overhead at twilight, a bat detector ...

It’s midnight in a pitch-dark parking lot. Trying to unlock your car, you fumble and drop the keys. You squat down and run your hand across the invisible pavement. To the left you feel a firm, rubbery ...