When he ran the experiment, he found that the more abruptly the insects moved, the more the bats cocked and waggled their ears in an effort to localize their prey. “When the target got closer ...

Imagine being able to fly through pitch-black caves, dart between tree branches at midnight, and snatch a tiny insect out of ...

When approaching bats emitted their characteristic “feeding buzz”—a rapid series of echolocation calls that bounce off a prey item and back to the bat—the researchers played recordings of ...

Bats adapt their echolocation system when they emerge en masse from caves at dusk, according to a study in which they were equipped with portable microphones.