Nine northern resident killer whales off Vancouver Island were filmed and acoustically tagged during a summer field season, ...

Most of us associate echolocation with bats. These amazing creatures are able to chirp at frequencies beyond the limit of our hearing, and they use the reflected sound to map the world around them. It ...

Some blind people can use the returning echoes from clicking their tongues to "see" with echolocation, and now researchers have explored how this process builds up a picture of the outside world in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Belugas and other toothed whales use echolocation to see and sense the world around them. Alongside of the jawbone of dolphins and ...

New research shows that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to that used by bats and dolphins, to determine the location of an object. The study examined ...

Human echolocation operates as a viable 'sense,' working in tandem with other senses to deliver information to people with visual impairment, according to new research. Ironically, the proof for the ...

Much like bats and dolphins, some people have developed the ability to analyze bouncing sound waves to generate a picture of their environment. Image via Flickr user poolski When a bat flies through ...

Scientists have figured out why bats crash into buildings: smooth, vertical surfaces like window panes throw off their navigation systems, basically keeping them from “seeing” those obstacles. The ...

All animals use a combination of senses to survive. But where the majority typically rely on one or two especially sensitive sensory systems, the oilbird excels by apparently having keen senses ...