Together, these improvements allow the drone to reliably detect obstacles even when the signal quality is very low. This ...

There's hope for two of the Vermont bat species hit hardest by white-nose syndrome, but one is close to extinction.

Inspired by bats, a new ultra-low-power sensing system enables tiny drones to navigate through darkness, smoke and dust, ...

Lots of us aren’t very keen on bats. But the more we find out about them, the more amazing they turn out to be ...

A deadly fungal disease that has put at least one bat species on the federal Endangered Species List has been detected in Oregon for the first time.

Deep into the Panamanian night, the forest hums with sound. Chirping insects form a steady backdrop, rain softly trickles from leaves. Somewhere above a stream, frogs call into the darkness. But I am ...

Forget superpowers, your brain may already have one. Studies show people can train echolocation and detect objects using nothing but reflected sound. The animal kingdom is filled with biological ...