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'Echoes' in bat and dolphin DNA

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8478566.stm

Scientists have found a striking similarity in the DNA that enables some bats and dolphins to echolocate.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8478566.stm

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Bat study to help roving robots

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10104494.stm

2010-05-11

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Bat and moth arms race revealed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11010458

Researchers have revealed more detail about the evolutionary "arms race" between bats and moths. One study in the journal Current Biology has shown how a species of bat uses a quiet "stealth mode" of the clicks it uses to locate its prey. Another from a Royal Society journal showed that a moth can distinguish between clicks that mean it has been spotted, and clicks that mean a strike. This allows the moths to choose...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11010458

2010-08-19

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A talking plant? This one calls out to lure bats

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43932534/ns/technology_and_science-science/

2011-07-28

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Plant evolved a bat beckoning beacon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14328999

2011-07-29

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Human brain's 'bat sight' found

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13539921

Bats and dolphins bounce sound waves off their surroundings and by listening to the echoes can "see" the world around them. Some blind humans have also trained themselves to do this, allowing them to explore cities, cycle and play sports.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13539921

2011-05-26

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