Conservationists are using bats’ echolocation abilities to help track these mammals, as many of them succumb to white nose syndrome. Source: https://www.livescience.com/bat-conservation-echolocation.html
Tag: echolocation
Earless moths have acoustic camouflage that protects them from bats
Earless moths have a special pattern on their wings for absorbing sound. It acts as protection from bats, which use echolocation to find their prey Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260621-earless-moths-have-acoustic-camouflage-that-protects-them-from-bats/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Mysterious evolution of wonky whale skulls
How we worked out when whales first evolved asymmetrical skulls. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/whale-asymmetrical-skull-evolution…
Astronomers use ‘cosmic echolocation’ to map black hole surroundings
Material falling into a black hole casts X-rays out into space—and now astronomers have used the echoes of this radiation to map the dynamic behavior and surroundings of a black hole itself. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-01-astronomers-cosmic-echolocation-black-hole.html…
Why are whales big, but not bigger?
How did whales that feed on tiny prey evolve into the largest creatures on Earth? And why don’t they get even bigger? Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/why-are-whales-big…
Night vision specialists: cats, bats, and owls
Three spooky Halloween animals see better at night than we do. Here’s how they do it. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/night-vision-cats-bats-and-owls…