“Bats have figured it out, and it’s all in their DNA, the result of natural selection.” Superheroes of evolution Nadav Ahituv, PhD (left), and Wei Gordon, PhD (right), had help from a Jamaican fruit ...

"Bats have all four types of teeth -- incisors, canines, premolars and molars -- just like we do," said co-author Sharlene Santana, a University of Washington professor of biology and curator of ...

How fruit bats got a sweet tooth without sour health Date: January 9, 2024 Source: University of California - San Francisco Summary: A high-sugar diet is bad news for humans, leading to diabetes ...

A high-sugar diet is bad news for humans, leading to diabetes, obesity and even cancer. Yet fruit bats survive and even thrive by eating up to twice their body weight in sugary fruit every day.