The BatBox Baton is a great detector for the price, coming in just over $120. It isn't as fancy and techy as the Pettersson ...

What’s more, most diurnal bats don’t use echolocation during the day, relying instead on their vision to forage and avoid obstacles. They save echolocation for dim light or dark conditions.

Barbastelle bats (Barbastella barbastellus) are furtive hunters. They have to be, because the moths they prey upon have developed ears to hear the bats’ echolocation calls and avoid being caught. The ...

Bats are masters at detecting sound—and a lot of it has to do with the mechanics and structure of those adorably large ears. A set of unique inner ear features may explain how one group of bats ...

Eavesdrop on Echolocation to Count Bats Researchers created a model that can accurately predict a cave's bat populations using audio alone. Christopher Intagliata reports.

But bats can use echolocation to identify prey in mid-flight or pick out a location to land on. For that, they need to have a sense of absolute distance.