bats

Bat-Like Bot May Soon Fly Its Way Into Space—The New Drone Frontier

Medicine & Technology Jan 26, 2015

The future of transformer-like technology is here, with a new bat-like robot that can crawl around on all fours, as well as fly away. The DALER, otherwise known as the Deployable Air-Land Exploration Robot, is officially here, and it shares a stunning resemblance to its inspiration—the vampire bat.

Researchers have found that Mexican free-tailed bats can jam the echolocation signals of other bats to compete for food.

Just Because Bats Are Blind Doesn’t Mean They Can’t Compete

Nov 08, 2014

As species that primarily navigate with their ears and not their eyes, bats are fairly amazing creatures. Their abilities to track predators, prey and hear sounds far beyond what humans can hear, makes these echolocators quite impressive specimens. But new research reveals that their sonar signals may have an additional function as well -- to jam up competitors, and steal their prey.