The call that comes back as a map A bat leaving its roost at dusk emits ultrasound pulses at frequencies between 20 and 200 kilohertz, well above the ceiling of human hearing, which tops out around 20 ...

Bats are nocturnal hunters and use echolocation to orientate themselves by emitting high-frequency ultrasonic sounds in rapid succession and evaluating the calls’ reflections. Yet, they have retained ...

Many bat species emit echolocation calls and use the returning echoes to find their way, detect the presence of fluttering ...

Sound plays an important role for many animals, helping them navigate and hunt. Echolocation is the ability of animals like bats and dolphins to locate objects by emitting sound waves and interpreting ...

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 ...

Funding: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (1751498 to NA). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the ...

P. kuhlii above a spectrogram of its echolocation sequence. Source: Eran Amichai, used with permission. Many bats navigate using echolocation—emitting high-frequency sound pulses and analyzing the ...