Experts sound alarm after vulnerable species' mortality rate breaks previous record: 'A surge in orphaned pups'

"In some locations, conditions deteriorated rapidly, leading to mass mortality and a surge in orphaned pups as mothers ...
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Soaring Temperatures Down Under: Heatwave Crushes Flying Fox Colonies in Australia

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 ...
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Managing the grey-headed flying-fox as a threatened species in NSW / edited by Peggy Eby and Daniel Lunney

Based on a forum held at the Australian Museum on July 28, 2001. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001 ...
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Soaring temperatures down under: Heatwave crushes flying fox colonies in Australia

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 ...