Science news articles about 'echo location'

... of an object based on the time that elapses between the emission of a sound wave and an echo being received of this wave as it is reflected from the object. In order to learn how to emit, receive ...

... , it has been linked to song, in mice to learning of sequences of movement, and in bats it may relate to echo-location. FOXP2 acts to regulate other genes in the brain, switching them on and off. Dr ...

Some echo-locating bats seem to be really quiet, appearing to make echo-locating calls that are no louder than 70decibel. But no one had successfully recorded their volume under natural conditions, ...

... remain in a group when flying at high speeds in darkness, and how they avoid interference with one another's echo-location calls.The scientists played recordings of calls made by a group of greater ...