Imagine searching for a gemstone in a dark cave: You use a flashlight, looking for a rainbow-colored glint in the darkness.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nothing can set your pulse racing like mysterious noises coming from somewhere in your home's rafters. Nothing, that is, except coming face to ...

Sound plays an important role for many animals, helping them navigate and hunt. Echolocation is the ability of animals like bats and dolphins to locate objects by emitting sound waves and interpreting ...

Bats mimic the buzzing sound of stinging insects to scare off predatory owls. This type of acoustic trickery, when a harmless animal mimics a dangerous one, has been found previously in some insects ...

Sounding like a toxic moth might keep some beetles safe from hungry bats. When certain tiger beetles hear an echolocating bat draw near, they respond with extremely high-pitched clicks. This acoustic ...

Some bats can imitate the sound of buzzing hornets to scare off owls, researchers say. The discovery is the first documented case of a mammal mimicking an insect to deter predators. Many animals copy ...

A group of bats hanging from wooden rafters of a home - Lillitve/Getty Images Nothing can set your pulse racing like mysterious noises coming from somewhere in your home's rafters. Nothing, that is, ...