Yossi Yuval

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Eyes closed: Bats are able to navigate long distances using sound alone

The researchers found that they were also able to produce a sound map of the area in their minds
An illustration indicating a connection between a Christian monastic book and various rabbinical traditions on a spatial background

What is the connection between bats and Jews and Christians in antiquity?

An extraordinary study by a researcher in the field of Talmud at Ben Gurion University and a bat researcher at Tel Aviv University has resulted in the development of an innovative tool for analyzing the social connections created between the sages of Judaism and Christianity in the first centuries
Urban bat (photo: Yuval Barkai)

Bats also lose their hearing but the process happens in a moderate way in relation to their noisy living environment

Two surprising discoveries: contrary to the popular hypothesis, bats do suffer from hearing loss with age, but they apparently have surprising mechanisms that help them slow down the rate of hearing loss
Fruit bat. Photo: depositphotos.com

The unique combination of senses that makes fruit bats excellent navigators even during the day

Researchers found for the first time that bats navigate during the day using a combination of excellent vision and locating the echoes in their environment
A flock of bats. Photo: shutterstock

Why do bats hunt in flocks?