Ultrasonic sounds are high-frequency sound waves that exceed 20,000 hertz, a range far beyond what the human ear can detect.

Any sound above 20 000 Hz is called ultrasound. It is too high pitched for humans to hear, but other animals (such as dogs, cats, dolphins and bats) can hear ultrasound. Ultrasound waves are ...

Imagine a world where sound becomes visible. In a room full of conversation, we would see soundwaves flowing from person to ...

Here are five creatures with superior hearing abilities that can detect and interpret ultrasonic frequencies: Dogs can hear ...

Bats are nature’s acoustic engineers ... which tops out at under 20 kHz. As these sound waves bounce off objects in their environment, the bat’s specialized ultrasonic-capable ears capture ...