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The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal

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"[A] wonderful book." ―Nature 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. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Press


Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 7, 2025


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250378443


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 46


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.19 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.55 x 1.2 x 9.55 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #51,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #11 in Biology of Mammals #39 in Natural History (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • Great for students of nature and wonder
Format: Hardcover
Great book. Scientific but easy to understand. Lots of interesting information. Highly recommended.
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2025 by snowbaron
    • Informative and often fascinating
Format: Hardcover
Unfortunately, it’s been a while since I finished The Genius Bat by Yossi Yovel, but life intervened as it sometimes does, so this review won’t be as detailed as most I do. The takeaway though is that the book is always informative and often fascinating as it delves into an oft-maligned group of animals. Yovel does a good job of rectifying that, showing how bats are much more than their pop culture image. The book is full of interesting facts, but it’s not a simple compendium of trivia. The facts come in the form of narrative story, often with an explanation of how this particular elements of bat existence was first observed and how it fits into the larger context of study, whether by overturning prior belief or expanding knowledge. All of it tied more personally to Yovel’s own experiences in lab experiments, at academic conferences, or in a number of field experiences around the world. So for example, we learn how bat echolocation was first theorized then proven and also the surprisingly varied nuances of the trait, how some prey have evolved counter-measures, and, in the way of nature’s arm races, how some bats have evolved counter-counter-measures. The topics are, as mentioned, often fascination, as are the specifics of the experiments Yovel describes, such as why they had bats flying in helium. And as all good science books do, Yovel shows how scientists learn as much by experimental “failures” as from successes. Well told, detailed, informative, and filled with a personal touch, The Genius Bat is a very good work of non-fiction and strongly recommended. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2025 by B. Capossere
    • The social/ anthropological life of bats—-yes, bats!
Format: Hardcover
Written for curious nonscientists in conversational English, this is a highly readable and informative book about how bats survive and thrive in various environments. Enjoying it.
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2025 by Chaiam Yankel's bubbie
    • Bats are incredible!
Format: Hardcover
“We can try to imagine what it would be like to fly above the world and use sounds to sense it, but we’ll never know what it’s like to be a bat.” Just last week I was on my way to our neighbor’s house to pick up a borrowed item around dusk, I noticed the bats flying in random patterns over her front yard. As usual for me, I stopped to watch, lost in the hidden beauty, speed and efficiency of the small creatures I rarely think about during the day. When I finally made my way to her front door and mentioned watching the bats, she screamed, “What?!” and cowered behind the door. This isn’t the first time I’ve commented to a friend or neighbor about how much I enjoy watching the bats in the evening in our Florida neighborhood, and not the first time I heard a shocked or disbelieving response. For me, the bats have always been around. I sit on my patio in the mornings watching the birds visit the feeder and the suet cage, so watching the bats is akin to admiring my evening “birds”. As a child in Ohio, urging bats out windows from my grandparents’ farmhouse was common practice. I mean, there was a specific broom upstairs for that purpose. When we traveled by RV out to the western states, we made time to stop at Carlsbad Caverns later in the day to make sure we not only adopted a bat but watched the nightly mass exodus. When I saw the beautiful cover of The Genius Bat by Yossi Yovel on NetGalley, I knew it was a must-read book for me, and I am grateful to NetGalley and to St. Martin’s Press for the advanced copy. The Genius Bat is a wonderfully educational book on several aspects of scientific study of bats – sociality, echolocation, evolution, and nature conservation. While I enjoy bats, I have very little knowledge of them, even the local denizens. While most of the bats discussed in the book are far away, I was able to get a feel for the diversity of the species and its behaviors. It learned that not all bats live in colonies nor are all bats monogamous. They are known to share food at times and form friendships. They communicate and are biologically different for various but specific reasons. As a wildlife enthusiast and conservationist, I was most intrigued by the threats to bats and the search for answers to those threats, which include alternative power sources, disease (I was introduced to “white-nose syndrome in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert in 2019) and human development of habitat areas. The book is told through narratives that alternate between the author’s personal research experiences and other historical researchers and their related endeavors. I found all very interesting and the basics about bats in the introduction wonderful, but I really would love to know about the bats closer to home. I realize that’s no easy task given that readers are scattered throughout the world. Perhaps that is a “me” issue, and I need to do a better job of educating myself on the night-time flying mammals in my own neck of the woods but especially as a wildlife advocate, I found it difficult to connect with bats and study challenges in unrelatable places. #thegeniusbat #yossiyovel #yossibatlab #stmartinspress #bookreview #books # bookreviewer #nerdventureswithbooks ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2025 by Shannan Powell
    • Bit difficult to see full color photos.
Format: Hardcover
Book is wonderful but when they tipped in the color photos they glued them to tightly and the book does not open to the full width.
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2025 by J. A.
    • Bats
Format: Hardcover
Absolutely wonderfully done
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2025 by Valerie Robertson

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