🦇 Humans show bat-like skills using mouth-click echolocation

(... and where is the bat-man?)

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-humans-skills-mouth-click-echolocation.html

#senses #echolocation #ability #research #bats

How the echolocation of bats has shaped their skulls | Natural History Museum
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2026/february/how-the-echolocation-of-bats-has-shaped-their-skulls.html

#bats #wildlife #echolocation #science

#Human #echolocation and how to learn to '#see' with #sound like a #superhero

https://patreon.com/posts/human-and-how-to-15058399

https://youtu.be/MrYXt6IrQtk

4-Feb-2026
Elusive beaked #whales off the #Louisiana coast may sometimes be diving right to the #seafloor, finds new 3D acoustic technology which accurately pinpoints their locations using their #echolocation clicks
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1114393

#science #SoundscapeEcology #ecology #marineBiology #mammals

🦇🤖 To learn how #bats find tiny #insects on leaves in a crowded #jungle, researchers built a specialized #robot that uses #echolocation just like the real thing.

The experiments with the "robo-bat" arm showed that these #animals don't need complex maps of every leaf. Instead, they use a surprisingly simple and elegant acoustic trick to identify their next meal in total darkness.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/technology/robot-bat-hunting/

#robotics #science #biology #engineering #nature #technology #tech #innovation #discovery #research #biomimicry

#KnowledgeByte: #Echolocation is a biological sonar system used by certain animals to navigate and find prey in their environment.

Human echolocation is the ability of humans to use sound waves to perceive their surroundings.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Human-Echolocation-67322845b0ffe5bd99bd4d48

Clinical trial: Wearable #echolocation aids using parametric sound https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07218991 "The objective of this study is to study a novel device designed to aid patients with impaired vision to safely navigate their environment."

Clinical trial: Wearable #echolocation aids using parametric sound clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT072... "The objective of this study is to study a novel device designed to aid patients with impaired vision to safely navigate their environment."

ClinicalTrials.gov

Neural and behavioral correlates of evidence accumulation in human click-based #echolocation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... by @haydeegl.bsky.social @echodislocation.bsky.social #neuroscience

Neural and behavioral correlat...

Neural and behavioral correlates of evidence accumulation in human click-based #echolocation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.30.673202v1 by @echodislocation et al. #neuroscience

Dogbane tiger moth (Cycnia tenera). Like others in the subfamily (Arctiinae), they can jam bat sonar by making high-frequency chirps. I'm not sure of specifics but apparently bats can adjust their sound production to become unjammed. And no doubt, moths have additional countermeasures to deploy. #dogbane #moth #moths #lepidoptera #evolution #insects #nature #bats #echolocation

Des drones copient l’écholocalisation des chauves-souris pour naviguer dans le noir : innovation fascinante ou risque pour la vie privée ?
https://www.innovant.fr/2025/08/14/pour-les-experts-lia-des-drones-copie-le-sonar-des-chauves-souris-cette-vision-ultrasonique-relance-le-debat-sur-la-securite-et-la-vie-privee/
#Space #Science #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #BatInspiredDrones #Echolocation #PrivacyDebate

For dolphins, #echolocation may be more like 'touching' than 'seeing' https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-dolphins-echolocation-may-be-more-like-touching-than-seeing/ (archived at https://archive.ph/jCFj8) Dolphins seem to "feel" their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar

This professor is training the public to echolocate https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/learning-human-echolocation-with-a-neuroscientist/ (archived at https://archive.ph/7EKXK) Neuroscientist Lore Thaler speaks about her efforts to make #echolocation training more accessible

Bats' echolocation strategy: How dense colonies avoid mid-air collisions
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-echolocation-strategy-dense-colonies-mid.html paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407810122

"When exiting the cave, #bats experience a cacophony of calls, with 94% of echolocations being jammed. Yet, within five seconds of leaving the cave, bats significantly reduced the #echolocation jamming... they fanned out and they emitted shorter and weaker calls at higher frequency... to gain detailed information about their near neighbors... to avoid collisions."

Sperm whales have two nostrils, but unlike most animals, they are asymmetrically positioned. The left nostril is visible on the outside and forms the single blowhole used for breathing. The right nostril is hidden inside the whale’s massive head and is actually part of its complex echolocation system.

Thanks for sharing, The Guernsey Scientist !

#science #sciencefacts #spermwhale #spermwhales #nostril #echolocation

Un son qui se rapproche de l'observateur paraitra plus aigu, un rayon lumineux sera perçu plus bleu.
Un son qui s'éloigne de l'observateur paraitra plus grave, un rayon lumineux sera perçu plus rouge.

#echolocation #bat #lino #linocut #linoprint

Certaines chauves-souris utilisent l'effet Doppler pour affiner leur perception des objets en mouvement: l'écho de leur cri leur parait plus aigu si la cible se rapproche, plus grave si la cible s'éloigne.

#lino #linocut #linoprint #bat #echolocation

Est-ce qu'un moiré sonore devient plus agréable dans les moments de phase ?

#stevereich #bat #sonar #echolocation #mandorla

#Echolocation is a biological sonar system used by certain animals to navigate and find prey in their environment.

Human echolocation is the ability of humans to use sound waves to perceive their surroundings.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Human-Echolocation-67322845b0ffe5bd99bd4d48