For years, a small number of people who are blind have used echolocation, by making a clicking sound with their mouths and listening for the reflection of the sound to judge their surroundings. Now, ...

[Kripthor] suspected that hunters were getting too near his house. When thinking of a way to quantify this belief he set out to build a triangulation system based on the sound of gunshots. The theory ...

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 ...

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 ...

Millions of years before humans invented sonar, bats and toothed whales had mastered the biological version of the same trick - echolocation. By timing the echoes of their calls, one group ...

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 ...

Humans are born imitators. The ability to imitate others comes naturally to us and plays a major role in how we learn about the world. But imitation is not widespread in the animal kingdom. True ...