Showing posts with label Bats Use Polarized Light to Set Their Internal Compasses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bats Use Polarized Light to Set Their Internal Compasses. Show all posts

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 […]