What makes one bat take risks and venture far from its roost in search of food, while another stays close to familiar, safer areas? A new study from the School of Zoology at Tel Aviv University (TAU) reveals that the environment in which a bat is raised during the first months of its life largely… Read More
A new study from the School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics in the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University (TAU) reveals a surprising insight into the operation of the ancestral brain: the visual cortex of turtles is capable of detecting unexpected visual stimuli in a way that is independent of… Read More
A new study led by a Tel Aviv University (TAU) researcher examined dinosaur fossils preserved with their feathers and found that these dinosaurs had lost the ability to fly. According to the researchers, this finding offers a glimpse into the functioning of creatures that lived 160 million years ago and their impact on the evolution… Read More
A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) reveals that fruit bats employ a variety of strategies in their competition with other animals for food. The research team examined bat behavior in the presence of black rats, which vie for the same food sources. They found that the bats’ behavior changes with the seasons and… Read More
In 1902, three prominent Jewish biologists established the Biologische Versuchsanstalt (BVA) in then Austro-Hungarian Vienna. Now an international team led by Professor Oded Rechavi of Tel Aviv University (TAU) has been awarded a $1.2 million grant by the prestigious Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) to follow in their footsteps. HFSP is known for its highly… Read More
A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) proves an acoustic interaction between plants and insects. The researchers found that female months decide where to lay their eggs based on ultrasonic sounds emitted by nearby plants. When plants emitted distress sounds, the female moths chose healthy plants that were not emitting such sounds. These sounds… Read More
The Jeremy Coller Foundation and Tel Aviv University (TAU) have announced the four finalists for the first annual $100,000 prize from the Coller Dolittle Challenge for Interspecies Two-Way Communication. Annual prizes of $100,000 will be awarded until a team “cracks the code” of interspecies communication, winning the $10 million Grand Prize. The four finalists have… Read More
A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) reveals that the Greater Mouse-Tailed Bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) uses its long tail as a natural tactile sensor to navigate backward in dark caves. The bat’s long tail functions as a dynamic sensing tool, enabling it to avoid obstacles and orient itself in complex environments while climbing backward,… Read More