We take a closer look at one of nature’s most misunderstood animals and how it manages to survive against the odds. With ...

Accents are usually thought of as a human trait, indicating where a person has grown up or the communities they belong—and ...

To help small aerial robots navigate in the dark and other low-visibility environments, my colleagues and I developed an ...

A team led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Nitin J. Sanket has shown that ultrasound sensors and a form ...

“I’ve been thinking about the phrase, blind as a bat," Sean says. "Why do we say that? And then I wondered about the eyesight of bats… And at nighttime they have excellent eyesight. Whoever came up ...

A worker selects pieces of wood for crafting cricket bats at a workshop, ahead of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, in Jalandhar PTI When Bhanuka Rajapaksa suggested that Indian cricketers use bats ...

Common big-eared bats eat relatively large insects, such as katydids. Christian Ziegler via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.5 Common big-eared bats are remarkable hunters. In 2019, bat ecologist Inga ...

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 ...

With their beady eyes, sharp fangs and leathery wings, bats have long been staples of Halloween and all things spooky. They’re seen as creatures of the night determined to at least tangle themselves ...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are developing tiny drones inspired by bats for search and rescue missions. The aerial robots use echolocation, like bats, to navigate in dark and ...