Yin bats rely more heavily on constant frequency sounds for echolocation, while Yang bats use a more complex, modulated frequency. The team’s CT scanning showed that Yin bats, like most non-bat ...

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Nature’s own sonar system, echolocation occurs when an animal emits a sound wave that bounces off an object, returning an echo that provides information about the object’s distance and size. Over a ...

A new study led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History is the first to compare the inner ear structures of the two major groups of bats, revealing that anatomic differences influenced ...

Scientists believe that these lucky animals have mastered the skill of biological sonar While a normal human conversation is measured around 60 decibels of sound pressure and loud rock concerts range ...

Bats use distinct structures in the larynx to produce high-frequency echolocation calls and lower-frequency social calls, according to a new study. The structures used to make the low-pitched calls ...

A new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B provides the most comprehensive comparative assessment of bat hearing capacity to date and highlights the evolutionary pressures acting on ...