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Video: What Is Echolocation? | Earth Unplugged
Echolocation allows animals to build up an understanding of their surroundings but how does it work? Find out the science of echolocation in the BBC Unplugged video.
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Video: Hear My Nectar: Dish-Shaped Leaves Attract Pollinating Bats
Scientist Ralph Simon explains how a dish-shaped leaf attracts bat pollinators.
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Video: Echolocation
Are bats really blind? Not exactly. Besides their eyes, bats use a special process called echolocation to navigate their environment. Watch this video to find out how bats “see” the world around them as they look for prey in the dark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laeE4icRYp4
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Article: How do bats echolocate and how are they adapted to this activity?
Bats are a fascinating group of animals. They are one of the few mammals that can use sound to navigate–a trick called echolocation. Of the some 900 species of bats, more than half rely on echolocation to detect obstacles in flight, find their way into roosts and forage for food. Find out in this article…
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Article: Meet “Chirocopter”: A drone that flies within swarms of bats
Wildlife biologists have put drones to work counting whales, checking bird nests, and nabbing poachers. Now, they’ve designed a drone that can hover within fast-flowing swarms of bats as they zip across a darkened nighttime sky. The drone—or “Chirocopter” (named after Chiroptera, the scientific name for bats)—is equipped with a microphone to record echolocation chirps…
