When it comes to sound, bats are the heavy metal screamers of the animal kingdom. And that raucous noise can amplify the power of population
Insectivorous bats scream loudly as they navigate around branches and search for prey, emitting a noisy feeding buzz as they close in. Although we can’t hear them without technology to convert their high-pitched sounds to our hearing range, echolocating bats produce an enormous quantity of sound relative to other animals, because they vocalize for both navigation and hunting in addition to communication. BCI applies all this bat noise to grow the pool of scientific evidence that can fuel effective conservation actions to save bats. And bat sounds are especially helpful for a crucial but often underappreciated element of bat conservation: population monitoring.
