Bats use high-frequency sound as a tool. With their vocal cords, they bang out short, swift bursts through their nostrils or mouths, molding airwaves and interpreting the pattern changes that ...

Bats are fascinating animals, and despite all the myth and creepiness ... A sample of how that sounds is added in his write-up, which you can also check out after the break.

The animals then assemble these echoes into an "image" of their surroundings. But how does Seba's short-tailed bat manage to ...

Despite vocalizations being widespread in the animal kingdom ... restless and flying for longer — the more sounds they made. Why intrepid bats are more vocal isn’t clear, though the ...

A team of animal behaviorists at ... and they tended to be more likely to sound an alert if they deemed one necessary. The researchers also found that the bats most likely to vocalize were those ...