Spatial orientation and navigation rely on the acquisition of several types of sensory
information. This information is then transformed into a neural code for space in the …

Bats echolocating in the natural environment face the formidable task of sorting signals from
multiple auditory objects, echoes from obstacles, prey, and the calls of conspecifics …

Trade-offs between producing costly movements for gathering information ('explore') and
using previously acquired information to achieve a goal ('exploit') arise in a wide variety of …

The intimate details regarding the coevolution of bats and moths have been elucidated over
the past 50 years. The bat-moth story began with the evolution of bat sonar, an exquisite …

For over half a century, the echolocating bat has served as a valuable model in
neuroscience to elucidate mechanisms of auditory processing and adaptive behavior in …

Most echolocating bats exhibit a strong correlation between body size and the frequency of
maximum energy in their echolocation calls (peak frequency), with smaller species using …

During exploration, rats and other small mammals make rhythmic back-and-forth sweeps of
their long facial whiskers (macrovibrissae)[1–3]. These" whisking" movements are …

Echolocation allows bats to orient and localize prey in complete darkness. The sonar beam
of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus, is directional but broad enough to provide audible …

Is centering a stimulus in the field of view an optimal strategy to localize and track it? We
demonstrated, through experimental and computational studies, that the answer is no. We …

Echolocating bats rely on active sound emission (echolocation) for mapping novel
environments and navigating through them. Many theoretical frameworks have been …