Runner-up for the title of largest bat by wingspan, the large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) — also called the greater flying fox, the Malaysian flying fox and the kalang — is another imposing ...

Flying foxes, also known as fruit bats, are large bats, with wingspans of up to 1.5 meters and can weigh up to 3 pounds ...

The Large Flying Fox, also known as the Malayan Flying Fox, lives in Southeast Asia. It has one of the largest lengths of ...

The world's largest bat species play vital roles in their ecosystems, from seed dispersal to prey control. These megabats, ...

Today is both Halloween and the last day of Bat Week, which makes it the perfect day to admire beautiful bats like these four ...

The grey-headed flying fox, a large bat inhabiting the south-eastern forested regions of Australia, is one species which is being adversely affected. It is already listed as vulnerable on the ...

The injured Daito flying fox The bat was treated by Nagamine Takashi, president of the Okinawa Wildlife Federation, who works to protect Okinawa's rare creatures. Veterinarian Nagamine Takashi ...

Dr Welbergen says about 10,000 bats of another species - black flying foxes - succumbed to the heat ... But because they often gather in urban areas in large numbers, their deaths can be more ...

Bats are unique. Even though they share the characteristics of all mammals - hair, regulated body temperature, the ability to bear their young alive and nurse them - bats are the only mammals to truly ...

A SMALL number of flying foxes have appeared in Machattie Park, their arrival coming 12 months after more than 20,000 ...