Description: My students and I study the auditory neuroethology and cognitive ecology of echolocating bats, focusing on acoustic signal production and reception for the purposes of locating prey and discriminating good food from bad. We also study the design and evolution of defensive signals in moths and other insects with bat-detecting ears. Current areas of investigation include dynamic control of biosonar beam shape and information update in aerial hawking bats, brain evolution and cognitive specializations in bats
bats (208) utm (206) moths (124) university of toronto (60) uoft (27) echolocation (8) ratcliffe (7) neuroethology (3) john ratcliffe (1) university of southern denmark (1)
© 2023 Ratcliffe Lab All Rights Reserved. Selected photos courtesy of Brock Fenton
© 2024 Ratcliffe Lab All Rights Reserved. Selected photos courtesy of Brock Fenton