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

Thousands of flying foxes have perished. This is most serious for the gray-headed flying fox which is a vulnerable species. Mothers with pups are most affected, making it harder for population numbers ...

There are over 1,400 bat species in the world, and they are almost exclusively nocturnal. Bats have traditionally been classified as Microchiroptera, or microbats, and Megachiroptera, or megabats.

Investigations are underway after reports that masses of roosting grey-headed flying foxes have been displaced. Large numbers ...

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 ...