The theory behind it is acoustic location, which is a specialized type echolocation. The most common example of echolocation is in Bats, who emit ultrasonic noise and listen for its return (echo ...

Beluga whales appear to communicate with each other by contorting their heads into various shapes, new research reveals. A ...

Scientists at Hokkaido University determined DNA sequences of genes which were expressed in acoustic fat bodies—collections of fat around the head that toothed whales use for echolocation.

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"My job is a blend of science and solitude. Armed with detectors that translate bat echolocation into something audible, I map their flight, study their behavior, and contribute to research that's ...

‘Chewing muscles were no longer needed.' By Laura Baisas | Published Apr 9, 2024 1:02 PM EDT Belugas and other toothed whales use echolocation to see and sense the world around them. Deposit ...

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(The consensus today is that it's used for sound generation and to assist in echolocation.) In the beluga, however, the melon ...

[Tony Messina] had been fascinated with bat’s echolocation since he was a kid. After he retired, he decided to act on this fascination and built a simple bat detector. The simple bat detector ...

Table 1: Some examples of different sensory modalities. For each modality, some examples of sensory systems that use that modality are provided. Akesson, S. & Backman, J. Orientation in pied ...

One adaptation was the partial loss of their sense of smell and taste, along with the gain of echolocation to enable them to navigate in the underwater environment. The researchers found that ...