The experimental design depicted here was used to demonstrate that the tiger moth Bertholdia trigona jams the sonar of bats. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 17, 2009, issue ...

Bats are the masters of late-night snacking thanks to echolocation, and use ultrasonic chirps and the resulting echoes to find their prey in the dark. The bio-sonar has one big drawback, though. It’s ...

Bats don't mess around when it comes to food fights—they can prevent rivals from snagging prey by emitting a noise that essentially jams the other bat's sonar. One researcher discovered the tactic for ...

Being poisonous can only protect you if potential predators know you’re poisonous. Many plants and animals have evolved protective coloration that bellows it in big, bad-tasting letters: “EAT ME AND ...

Real-life "batmen" discover that when it comes to competing for food at dinnertime, it's a bat-blast-bat world out there. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly sides of science ...

Do you ever have this feeling that someone is sneaking up on you, even if you haven’t heard anything? Then you turn around and someone is there, like your little brother trying to scare you? It’s ...

This tiger moth, Bertholdia trigona, is the first animal known to defend itself by jamming the sonar of its predator, bats. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 17, 2009, issue ...