Scientists find brain’s social GPS in pioneering bat study
The finding could help us understand how animals and humans navigate social relationships, potentially leading to new treatments for social disorders.
The finding could help us understand how animals and humans navigate social relationships, potentially leading to new treatments for social disorders.
Bunkers abandoned by the IDF after Israel and Jordan made peace are now refuges for 10 endangered species of bats roosting together in harmony.
Every year, wind turbines around the world kill millions of bats and other flying animals that collide with their blades.
Bats often have poor vision, meaning that they can’t see the fireflies’ other warning signal – their glow.
The usually social animals recuperate on their own when they feel unwell, helping them recover and also possibly stopping the spread of disease.
Like humans, bats construct a visual mental map using landmarks, and even figure out shortcuts, says new Israeli study.
Israeli study demonstrates how bats could help protect crops by preying on the insects that threaten them.
Egyptian fruit-bat females consistently take food right from the mouths of their male peers. Now scientists know why the males put up with it.
New research from Israel proves that language acquisition is not limited to human beings alone.
Analyzing some 15,000 bat vocalizations, Tel Aviv University researchers identify speakers, objectives and contexts of bat conversations.
Bat signal homing call coupled with reciprocal eavesdropping can beckon hungry bats from several hundred feet away.
Tel Aviv University study deciphers echolocation’s relationship to vision.