Archive for March 16th, 2014

Cotylocara macei: A New Fossil Species shows evidence of echolocation

Research led by an anatomy professor at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine indicates that echolocation — the sonar-like system based on high-frequency vocalizations and their echoes — was present in a 28-million-year old relative of modern-day toothed whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Associate Professor Jonathan Geisler led the study of a new […]