Tag Archive for 'Fruit bat'

Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) track tree phenology and estimate fruit availability since the last visit; they exhibit future-oriented behavior and fly to specific protein-rich trees; when doing so, they pass and skip over many familiar sugar-rich trees; young bats must learn tree phenology through experience. Image credit: Harten et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.05.046.

Fruit Bats Possess Episodic Memory and Ability of Mental Time Travel, Study Shows

Jul 2, 2024 by News Staff

Episodic memory and mental time travel have been viewed as uniquely human traits. This view began to shift with the development of behavioral criteria...

Small flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus). Image credit: Zoo Leipzig.

Flying Foxes Play Important Role in Pollination of Durian

Oct 5, 2017 by News Staff

Using camera traps, University of Nottingham researcher Sheema Abdul Aziz and colleagues collected video evidence showing the small flying fox (Pteropus...

The happy tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene wrightae): female with young pup attached, showing characteristic long ears with thickened edge and short, brown hair. Image credit: Debra Wright.

‘Yoda Bat’ from Papua New Guinea Gets Official Name

Aug 14, 2017 by News Staff

A newly discovered species of fruit bat — previously nicknamed ‘Yoda bat’ — has an official name: the happy tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene...

The Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis). Image credit: Anton Croos / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Old World Fruit Bats Use Unique Form of Echolocation, Researchers Find

Dec 4, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of scientists from Israel and Thailand has found that Old World fruit bats, which have always been classified as non-echolocating,...