The Genius Bat

The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal

De: Yossi Yovel

Narrado por: Max Meyers

An awe-inspiring tour of bat world by the world’s leading expert

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 bat can live for forty years.

Yossi Yovel, an ecologist and a neurobiologist, is passionate about deciphering the secrets of bats, including using AI to decipher their communication. In The Genius Bat, he brings to vivid life these amazing creatures as well as the obsessive and sometimes eccentric people who study them–bat scientists. From muddy rainforests to star-covered night deserts, from guest houses in Thailand to museum drawers full of fossils in New York, this is an eye-opening and entertaining account of a mighty mammal.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press

©2025 Yossi Yovel (P)2025 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Yovel’s enthusiasm for these little creatures is infectious."—Library Journal

"Yovel's passion and curiosity will leave readers with a greater appreciation for the wonders and mysteries of the bat world. This is a revelation."—Publisher's Weekly (starred)

“A marvelous book. If you are at all curious about bats and the scientists who study them, this is the book for you.”—Nancy Simmons, Curator of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History

Outstanding book about bats!

The Genius Bat was just what I have been hoping for in a book about bats. I have been teaching a unit on bats in my gifted classes for over 14 years. This book was a good balance of information for someone who doesn’t know much about these amazing and beneficial creatures as well as providing information I did not know after studying them since the 1990’s. Hoping more books like this will be published.