Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Bats Use Polarized Light to Set Their Internal Compasses

Although bats are known for using echolocation to orient and navigate, they draw on a suite of senses to get around. A new study reveals another ability: bats use patterns of polarized light in the sky to navigate. Richard Holland and Stefan Greif, of Queen’s University Belfast, with Ivailo Borissov and Yossi Yovel of the […]













No comments:

Post a Comment