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New Books in ScienceYossi Yovel, "The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal" (St. Martin's Press, 2025)With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the giant golden-crowned flying fox. Some bats eat fruit and nectar; others eat frogs, scorpions, or fish. Vampire bats feed on blood. Bats are the only mammals that can fly; their fingers have elongated through evolution to become wings with a unique, super-flexible skin membrane stretched between them. Their robust immune system is one of the reasons for their extreme longevity. A tiny...
2025-12-161h 04
New Books in Animal StudiesYossi Yovel, "The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal" (St. Martin's Press, 2025)With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the giant golden-crowned flying fox. Some bats eat fruit and nectar; others eat frogs, scorpions, or fish. Vampire bats feed on blood. Bats are the only mammals that can fly; their fingers have elongated through evolution to become wings with a unique, super-flexible skin membrane stretched between them. Their robust immune system is one of the reasons for their extreme longevity. A tiny...
2025-12-161h 04
New Books NetworkYossi Yovel, "The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal" (St. Martin's Press, 2025)With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the giant golden-crowned flying fox. Some bats eat fruit and nectar; others eat frogs, scorpions, or fish. Vampire bats feed on blood. Bats are the only mammals that can fly; their fingers have elongated through evolution to become wings with a unique, super-flexible skin membrane stretched between them. Their robust immune system is one of the reasons for their extreme longevity. A tiny...
2025-12-161h 04
New Books in Biology and EvolutionYossi Yovel, "The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal" (St. Martin's Press, 2025)With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the giant golden-crowned flying fox. Some bats eat fruit and nectar; others eat frogs, scorpions, or fish. Vampire bats feed on blood. Bats are the only mammals that can fly; their fingers have elongated through evolution to become wings with a unique, super-flexible skin membrane stretched between them. Their robust immune system is one of the reasons for their extreme longevity. A tiny...
2025-12-161h 04
The FrogcastYossi Yovel | Episode 94It was an honor to have Yossi Yovel on the show. Yossi is an ecologist and neurobiologist who has been studying bats for nearly 20 years. He has recently released a book, The Genius Bat all about these fantastic creatures. Find the book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Genius-Bat-Secret-Flying-Mammal/dp/1250378443/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2V009KE0SV1Q7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.d71CFXKMzM2BAEEPAMLWak2QRZUB1X81_KNr27WZ8izd4KDQw4S2PApEiOaKGQZggZ-3sFLXqm2uzI0xg_BISYE_0m1IgVyj-L3TDL2OMbe9zLaQJg01PvFRwtph_9ii5afaCwUdANLj7Z-eyp54Uml_SHh4UrvpKkxXMLhkFzur7TPWai5GL1IIM1GjPXE18Etibgah_h86NZe9wHcHp_RIwMwEZQyOm0V...
2025-10-241h 09
MischkeThe Genius BatMischke interviews Yossi Yovel, author of "Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal." This is followed by two very different conversations with two very different listeners.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2025-10-1853 minMischkeThe Genius BatMischke interviews Yossi Yovel, author of "Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal." This is followed by two very different conversations with two very different listeners.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2025-10-1853 min
Garage LogicMISCHKE: The Genius BatMischke interviews Yossi Yovel, author of "Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal." This is followed by two very different conversations with two very different listeners.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2025-10-1853 min
Science Of The TimesWhat’s it like to be a bat? How do they see the world?Tim and Syma talk to Yossi Yovel who is bringing together the disparate disciplines of ecology and neuroscience to help understand how animals see the world and communicate. Much of his work has focused on bats, who use echolocation to paint a picture of the world. But he also talks about the noises that plants make, and how moths and other insects use those noises. There is a whole cachophony of noises we pay no attention to that other animals use. Listen as Yossi tells us a little bit about what it is like to be a bat!
2025-10-0938 min
Press Play On Into A Eye-Opening Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Genius Bat by Yossi YovelPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/267242to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Genius Bat
Author: Yossi Yovel
Narrator: Max Meyers
Format: mp3
Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
Release date: 10-07-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Biological Sciences
Publisher's Summary:
With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the giant golden-crowned flying fox. Some bats eat fruit and nectar; others eat frogs, scorpions, or fish. Vampire bats feed on blood. Bats are the...
2025-10-0711h 45
Tau Unbound | Tel Aviv 360The Secret Life of Plants - With the Help of BatsProf. Yossi Yovel & Prof. Prof. Lilach Hadany, Head of the Hadany Lab and faculty member at the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security & Prof. Yossi Yovel, Head of the Bat Lab and Head of Sagol School for NeuroScience.In our new episode of TAU Unbound, host Ido Aharoni Aronoff engages in a fascinating discussion with two scientists whose work on bioacoustics, proving that plants can hear and produce sound, won international acclaim.Prof. Lilach Hadany, Head of the Hadany Lab and faculty member at the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, investigates plant bioacoustics, open questions...
2025-06-0528 min
Daf Yomi for Women - HadranSanhedrin 19 - January 5, 5 TevetToday’s daf is sponsored by Judi Felber in loving memory of Yovel MorYosef and Yossi Cohen who were killed in a terror attack (ה טבת תשע"ט/ December 13, 2018) at Givat Assaf, on their 6th yahrzeit, and for the continued refuah shleima of her son, Netanel Ilan ben Shayna Tzipora, who was critically injured in the attack. Today's daf is sponsored by Aimee Kahan and Rabbi Joshua Waxman in loving memory of Alex Kahan, Eliyahu ben Shlomo ha-Kohen v'Aliza, on his first yahrzeit. "May his gentleness and wisdom continue to guide us all." Today's daf is sponsored by Elaine Hochberg in...
2025-01-0546 min
Tech LifeIf we could talk to the animalsWe hear from Peter Gabriel, who is endorsing a competition to find a way of decoding animal communications using AI and then talk back to them. We get more details of the challenge from the chair of the prize, Prof Yossi Yovel. Microplastics in our seas and drinking water is a real problem. Two teenage students from Texas have found an innovative way to get rid of the stuff using ultrasound. If you have not heard about the Global Digital Compact, we speak to someone who says you need to know about it. And a...
2024-07-0226 minDaf Yomi for Women - HadranBava Kamma 45 - December 17, 5 TevetThe month of Tevet is sponsored by Jonathan Katz in honor of his nephews Brian and Michael Racer, and to all the members of tzahal who put their lives on the line to defend our country every day. This week's learning is sponsored by Tal Clein. "I love learning Daf with Hadran." Today’s daf is sponsored by Judi Felber in loving memory of Yovel MorYosef and Yossi Cohen on their 5th yartzeit, who were killed in a terror attack (ה' טבת) at Givat Assaf, and for the continued refuah sheleima of her son, Netanel Ilan ben Sh...
2023-12-1745 min
Brain Space Time Podcast#3 ESI SyNC 2023: Bats, memory & interdisciplinary scienceA couple of weeks ago, I visited the ESI SyNC 2023 conference in at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) in Frankfurt, Germany. Their topic was "Linking hypotheses: where neuroscience, computation, and cognition meet".
During the conference, I got talking to Yossi Yovel (Tel-Aviv University) about how different bat species navigate, what their vocalizations tell us about language evolution, and discussed his recent paper on whether we will ever be able to talk to animals. On the last point, I have some strong thoughts - thoughts including Wittgenstein and crows (see my own article here).
I a...
2023-09-262h 12
תל אביב 360 – אוניברסיטת תל אביב: ערוץ הפודקסטיםEpisode#21: Unveiling the secret life of plants - with the help of batsIn our new episode of TAU Unbound, host Ido Aharoni Aronoff engages in a fascinating discussion with two scientists whose work on bioacoustics, proving that plants can hear and produce sound, won international acclaim. Prof. Lilach Hadany, Head of the Hadany Lab and faculty member at the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, investigates plant bioacoustics, open questions in the theory of evolution and other biology-related topics. She partnered with Prof. Yossi Yovel, Head of the Bat Lab and Head of Sagol School for NeuroScience. Yossi is also a Professor in the Department of Zoology and the Steinhardt...
2023-05-1428 min
The Smart 7 Ireland EditionThe Sunday 7 - Celebrating 50 years of the Mobile Phone, Your Plants can talk, How other people’s sweat could help cure anxiety and Powdered Beer…The Smart 7 Ireland Edition is the daily news podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week… Consistently appearing in Ireland’s Daily News charts, we’re a trusted source for people every day. If you’re enjoying it, please follow, share or even post a review, it all helps… Today's episode includes references to the following guests:Martin Cooper - Engineer and wireless communications pioneerLilach Hadany - Professor at the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security...
2023-04-0918 min
The Smart 7The Sunday 7 - Celebrating 50 years of the Mobile Phone, Your Plants can talk, How other people’s sweat could help cure anxiety and Powdered Beer…The Smart 7 is a daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7 am, 7 days a week... With over 12 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day. If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...Today's episode includes the following guests:Martin Cooper - Engineer and wireless communications pioneerLilach Hadany - Professor at the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security at...
2023-04-0918 min
BBC Earth PodcastReflectionsLight and reflection are crucial across the animal kingdom, and sometimes they interact in strange and surprising ways. Rutendo tells Sebastian about the time she carried out a classic experiment, the mirror test, with lions, during her PhD. Some lions made friends with the mirrors, while others pursued less wholesome activities...The hatchet fish has evolved a fascinating means of hiding itself from predators, especially those searching out their prey with giant bioluminescent headlights. Biologist Alison Sweeney explains how the fish is able to disappear almost completely, using a combination of mirror-like scales...
2022-11-1527 min
Lagrange PointEpisode 432 - Using sound and magnetism to navigate the worldHow do animals use different senses to navigate the world? Can sharks detect magnetic fields? How do sharks travel 20,000km so precisely? Can sharks use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate? What creatures use magnetism and how do they do it? Bats use echolocation, but what if the speed of sound changes? What if everything moved at 1.25 x speed? How can bats adapt to changes in the speed of sound?
Bryan A. Keller, Nathan F. Putman, R. Dean Grubbs, David S. Portnoy, Timothy P. Murphy. Map-like use of Earth’s magnetic field in sharks. Current Biology, 2021; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.20...
2021-05-2419 min
Rambam with the Rebbe147 - Shemittah V’yovel 12-Beis Habechirah 1Hear the Rebbe discuss many of the tidbits we mentioned today:
פרק יג הלכה יג
Explanation of the entire Halacha, 12 Tammuz 5724:
https://ashreinu.page.link/Ljf9 (entire sicha)
The source in Horiyos, 29 Elul 5744:
https://ashreinu.page.link/A2ep (until 52:02)
The source in Parshas Shoftim, 15 Av 5739:
https://ashreinu.page.link/BGy8 (until 25:00)
The source in Parshas Eikev, 20 Av 5751:
https://ashreinu.page.link/kh4j (until 15:20)
The Possuk here vs. Moreh Nevuchim, 10 Shevat 5727:
https://ashreinu.page.link/Trzx (until 20:06)
הלכות בית הבחירה
The name of the Halachos, 17 Tammuz 5744:
https://ashreinu.page.link/tL56 (until 27:09)
פרק א הלכה א
Machlokes Rambam and Ramban, 10 Shevat 5732:
https://ashreinu.page.link/wT4M
(Until 26:52)
What needs to be “מוכן”, Motzei Shabbos Matos...
2020-12-031h 12Rambam with the Rebbe146 - Shemittah V’yovel 9-11Hear one of the tidbits we discussed today (פרק ט הלכה כח) directly from the Rebbe, 6 Tishrei 5733: https://ashreinu.page.link/DZbJ (until 15:25)
2020-12-0216 min2020-12-0102 minRambam with the Rebbe143 - Bikkurim 12 Shemittah V’yovel 1-2See the Rambam through the Rebbe’s eyes, every day!
2020-11-2917 min
Scientifically...A Sense of TimeAnimal senses reveal a wealth of information that humans can't access. Birds can see in ultra violet, and some fish can 'feel' electricity. But how do different species sense time? If you've ever tried to swat flies, you'll know that they seem to have super-powered reactions that let them escape before you can blink. Presenter Geoff Marsh asks whether flies have some sort of super-power to see the world in slow motion. Are they watching your hand come down at what might appear a leisurely pace? Science reveals a window into the minds of different species and...
2019-11-2029 min
Science Magazine PodcastCreating chimeras for organ transplants and how bats switch between their eyes and ears on the wingResearchers have been making animal embryos from two different species, so-called “chimeras,” for years, by introducing stem cells from one species into a very early embryo of another species. The ultimate goal is to coax the foreign cells into forming an organ for transplantation. But questions abound: Can evolutionarily distant animals, like pigs and humans, be mixed together to produce such organs? Or could species closely related to us, like chimps and macaques, stand in for tests with human cells? Staff Writer Kelly Servick joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the research, the regulations, and the growing ethical debate.
A...
2019-06-2733 min
DiscoveryA sense of timeOur senses create the world we experience. But do animals have a ‘sense’ of time, and does that differ between species, or between us and other animals? We know that animal senses reveal a wealth of information that humans can't access. Birds can see in ultra violet, and some fish can 'feel' electricity. So perhaps their sense of time is similar.If you've ever tried to swat flies, you'll know that they seem to have super-powered reactions that let them escape before you can blink. Presenter Geoff Marsh asks whether flies have some sort of supe...
2019-05-0626 min
Seriously...A Sense of TimeAnimal senses reveal a wealth of information that humans can't access. Birds can see in ultra violet, and some fish can 'feel' electricity. But how do different species sense time?If you've ever tried to swat flies, you'll know that they seem to have super-powered reactions that let them escape before you can blink. Presenter Geoff Marsh asks whether flies have some sort of super-power to see the world in slow motion. Are they watching your hand come down at what might appear a leisurely pace?Science reveals a window into the minds of different...
2019-04-1229 min