They were looking over photos from their latest study of Egyptian fruit bats when they noticed one with its mouth slightly parted and upturned. “When an Egyptian fruit bat is smiling ...

A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University has found that Egyptian fruit bats use echolocation during daylight hours even though they have good eyesight. In their paper published in the journal ...

The Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) pinpoints its meal with its sonar not by aiming in front but by "looking" off from side to side, according to a study in a recent issue of Science.

The nocturnal exhibit at the Lake Superior Zoo is home to 12 Egyptian fruit bats and two African straw-colored fruit bats. Fruit bats eat fruit, as you probably can guess. This differs from ...

The Egyptian fruit bat is a highly social mammal that roosts (and argues) in crowded colonies. Michal Samuni-Blank Plenty of animals communicate with one another, at least in a general way ...

The attraction, which was closed in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic, will welcome around 30 Egyptian fruit bats. Simon Askew, interim chief operating officer, said: "We have regularly heard from ...