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 ...

Egyptian fruit bat pups steer echolocation beams from day zero by Bob Yirka , Phys.org Credit: Mickey Samuni-Blank, CC BY-SA 3.0 ...

They found wicker baskets still filled with fruit from the fourth century BCE. Thonis-Heracleion was an ancient Egyptian city that is now submerged. See more stories on Insider's business page.

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 ...

Researchers excavating the sunken ruins of Thônis-Heracleion have discovered an array of archaeological treasures. Christoph Gerigk © Franck Goddio / Hilti ...

Some bats aren’t much different. Research published Thursday in Current Biology shows that female Egyptian fruit bats often steal food right out of the mouths of males — but the males don’t ...

Yossi Yovel of Tel Aviv University and his colleagues used GPS trackers to track Egyptian fruit bats that were kept free at the university's I. Meyer Seagulls Zoo to investigate how the bats ...

Paris believes the Egyptians were drawn to the fruit for the same reason. And, he adds, it’s why we find remnants of watermelons in tombs, “These Egyptian pharaohs, when they died they had a ...

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 ...