As anyone with a dog whistle knows, the range of human hearing is hardly anything to get excited about. But when it comes to picking up extremely high frequencies, there’s one particular creature that ...
What do bats, dolphins, shrews, and whales have in common? Echolocation! Echolocation is the ability to use sound to navigate. Many animals, and even some humans, are able to use sounds in order to ...
You're at a crowded, noisy party. The music is loud; multiple conversations are going on simultaneously. But when someone behind you says your name, you hear it and quickly turn in that direction. The ...
The idea that a technological device could recognize different types of birdsong just as well as a human ear could was considered virtually impossible in the early 2000s. That was, until Ian Agranat ...