Fruit bats earned their name for a pretty obvious reason: their affinity for fruit. Also known as flying foxes, these nocturnal mammals love to chomp down on a variety of different fruits and ...

Thousands of flying foxes are reported to have died in the heat wave, where temperatures exceeded 100°F A record-breaking number of flying foxes died during Australia's weekend heat wave, according to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Australia is famously a place with some of the world’s most dangerous and frightening ...