Researchers focused on the spring breeding season. Researchers make stunning discovery about animals in major cities: 'We don ...

In Tel Aviv, Israel, you might be privy to a strange sight: bats darting from tree branch to tree branch in broad daylight. These Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus), unlike most other species ...

While most of these bats hibernate during the colder months, the Egyptian rousette fruit bat is the only one that remains active year-round. These bats play a crucial role in controlling insect ...

A virus similar to avian IAV strains has also been detected in Egyptian bats. A newly identified bat influenza strain, H18N12, shows genetic divergence in its neuraminidase (NA) segment ...

“We studied Egyptian fruit bats, which are highly social mammals, and focused on the hippocampus, a brain area that in previous studies has been shown to be important for memories of social identities ...