This research has led to the design of a bat-inspired robotic sonar head, shown here being attached to a drone, with a movable 'noseleaf' and 'ears.' Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

[Tony Messina] had been fascinated with bat’s echolocation since he was a kid. After he retired, he decided to act on this fascination and built a simple bat detector. The simple bat detector ...

More about Bat "Radar" A sequel to an earlier article which described the capacity of bats to locate objects by supersonic echoes. This natural sonar is now known to incorporate extraordinary ...

How this bat actually finds its food is not completely understood, but many authorities believe that sonar is used to detect ripples on the water made by the fish. It catches its prey with large ...

The bat groundings in NTU involve only the Javan pipistrelle, one of the 25 or so species of bats found in Singapore. Read ...