“Biologists have speculated that the two major groups of bats have different ways of seeing the world through sound,” said the study’s lead author Benjamin Sulser, a PhD student at the American Museum ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Bats are masters at detecting sound—and a lot of it has to do with ...

No matter what's for dinner, many different species of bats hunt using sound. Some bats use echolocation to target mosquitos, while others seek out cattle for blood-sucking or search for agave flowers ...

Lots of bats echolocate-- they emit high-pitched squeaks, and based on how those sound waves bounce off their surroundings, they're able to navigate in the dark and find insects to eat. But a lot ...

A single bone in the inner ear marks the difference between the two major groups of bats. The anatomical difference arose very early in the history of these animals. It may have led the two groups to ...

Say what? One species of bat shows a remarkable resistance to age-related hearing loss, offering scientists a tantalizing chance to look for clues to how some animals preserve hearing function over a ...

Two major groups of bats that use echolocation have different structures for connecting the inner ear to the brain, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Chicago, the American ...

A new article compares the inner ear structures of the two main groups of bats. By examining the microscopic inner ears of bats from 19 of the 21 known bat families, the researchers were able to show ...