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Hawkmoths Interfere Bats' Sonars With Ultrasound From Genitalia

Hawkmoths have evolved a unique way to combat one of their most feared predators, bats. How, you ask, does the moth combat its 65-million-year-old enemy? Simple, by jamming a bat's echolocation with high-frequency sounds from their genitalia.

New Echolocation Software Can Create A 3-D Map Of A Room Where GPS Can't

A new computer algorithm out of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) School of Computer and Communications Sciences can create a hyper-localized 3-D map simply by measuring echoes much like a bat or dolphin does.

Moths Have Better Hearing than You and Every Known Animal, Evolved to Evade Predatory Bats [Video]

The diminutive Greater wax moth, otherwise known as Galleria mellonella, may be the key to crafting the ultrasonic sound transmitters and receivers of the future, according to a team of researchers at the University of Strathclyde.

Erect Hairs On Bat Tongues Help Them Catch Nectar, May Help Us Develop New Technologies

A new study has revealed some very interesting facts regarding the tongues of nectar eating bats. In fact, researchers now think that these bats might have the most dynamic tongues in the entire mammal world.