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Ever suddenly realize you had picked up certain words or ways of speaking from a close friend? It turns out that humans are far from the only animals who copy the sounds of their closest companions—a ...

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 ...

“I am a conservation biologist at the Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique, where I focus on bats and their social vocalizations. In this photo, I’m photographing a colony of fruit-eating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To navigate, echolocating bats use a local and directed beam of sound. However, this echolocation is short-ranged and highly ...

Ever suddenly realize you had picked up certain words or ways of speaking from a close friend? Maybe they spoke to you in a certain drawl or twang, or used slang like “y’all” or “yinz,” and you ...