The giant golden-crowned flying fox is the largest bat on Earth, capable of stretching its wings nearly as wide as a human is tall . Despite its terrifying appearance, this massive megabat survives ...

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 ...

If you're thinking you've seen more than the usual number of grey-headed flying-foxes around Wollongong for the past couple ...

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 ...

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 platypus playing in the river, tree kangaroos hiding above and bats screeching overhead… this isn’t the Duke gardens! 10,185 miles away, three Duke students find themselves in Yungaburra, Australia.

The gray-headed flying fox is one of the world’s largest bats. It can weigh more than 2 pounds and have a wingspan of more than 5 feet. And as it migrates along Australia’s eastern coastal regions, ...

DENR-CENRO Midsayap documents one of Mindanao's largest fruit bat colonies in Banisilan, Cotabato, highlighting a major win ...