To navigate, echolocating bats use a local and directed beam of sound. However, this echolocation is short-ranged and highly directional and can best detect large objects within only a few dozen feet.

All bats can see, even though vision may be less important than other senses. To locate and catch prey, insectivorous bats use an acoustic orientation called echolocation. They emit a series of ...

Many species of bats use echolocation to avoid obstacles like tree branches and hunt small insects as they fly through the dark. But it turns out echolocation for bats is much more than just a ...

Although they look the same, the bats used in softball tend to be shorter, thinner and lighter than those used in baseball. Softball was originally invented as an indoor alternative to baseball.

Just like that, we’re wrapping up the OU softball fall ball schedule. A lot has been accomplished, but still so much to learn ...

Conclusion: The use of high tech softball bats with polyurethane softballs can result in batted ball speeds that exceed the recommended safety limits, which correspond to decreased available pitcher ...

With sports backgrounds including softball, baseball and football, it only made sense to four friends and business partners to invest in the soon-to-open D-BAT softball and baseball academy. D-BAT ...

Bats have long been known for their use of echolocation to avoid obstacles and orient themselves. However, the research team, led by Aya Goldshtein from Iain Couzin's group at the Max Planck ...

Officials said the AI, called "machine-learning", has been used to differentiate between social calls and feeding buzzes in different bat species. The States said identifying calls had "huge ...