Australia used to incinerate the large fruit bats, but research suggests they bring hundreds of millions of dollars in ...

A hospital for bats? Sounds unusual, but this unique place does exist. In far north Queensland, Australia, a short drive from Cairns, there is a rescue center called Tolga Bat Hospital. It is exactly ...

Bats are often thought of as smelly, ugly and noisy, but a study has revealed the economic and ecological value of one ...

A new study in Scientific Reports provides the first economic valuation of the ecosystem services provided by flying foxes in ...

Rescuers are scrambling to save as many flying fox pups as they can, with hundreds of the native bats dead or dying in Top ...

Flying foxes are a type of bat within the Chiroptera order of mammals. There are several different species and, unfortunately, two native Australian species have suffered sudden and dramatic losses ...

Bats have inspired many pop culture references, most famously vampires. But did you know there is a species of bat that looks eerily similar to these legendary creatures? The giant golden-crowned ...

A bat pup is hand-fed mashed bananas by a zookeeper after losing its mother. January 2021 (Oregon Zoo){ } PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Zoo has welcomed three Rodrigues flying fox bat pups into its ...

Feb. 3 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in Australia responded to a hotel where a bat apparently attempted to take a drink from the swimming pool and became trapped in the water. Kate CJ Murphy, president of ...