Learn More About Bats

Bat Ecology / Ecología de Murciélagos
Bat Migration / La Micración En Murciélagos
Bat Myths
Costa Rican Bat Night
Livingstone's Fruit Bat
Mexican Free-tailed Bat / Murciélago Guanero
Rodrigues Fruit Bat
Vampire Bats

Dr. Merlin Tuttle / Perfil de Merlin Tuttle
Arnulfo Moreno-Valdez / Perfil de Arnulfo Moreno-Valdez

Teacher Resources

Bat Books
Bat Ecology / Ecología de Murciélagos
Bat Study for Early Elementary
Bat and Moth Tag

Student Work

Avacado Bats
Vampire Bat
Bat Antics
Peculiar Things About Bats
Bat Award
Bat Reproducation

Echolocation

Echolocation is the use of ultra-high frequency sounds for navigation. Bats and dolphins are able to use sound to "see".

In bats, the sounds are made and sent out by their noses. The sounds bounce off things in their surroundings like insects or branches. The reflected sounds, or echos, are picked up by the bats sensitive ears.

Bats can tell how far something is by how long it takes the sounds to return to them.

You can easily see if a bat uses echolocation. These bats will have large ears and leaf-shaped structures around their nose.

Using sound, fishing bats, can find the fin of a fish above the water in complete darkness!