Evolution: How Bat Biosonar Bests Prey Camouflage

The detection of silent, motionless prey sitting directly on leaves has long been considered a task impossible to solve with echolocation alone. Now, a new study has identified a strategy that lets bats do just that — with the help of the leaf. The detection of silent, motionless prey sitting directly on leaves has long been considered a task impossible to solve with echolocation alone. Now, a new study has identified a strategy that lets bats do just that – with the help of the leaf.