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

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

A peer-reviewed study published in Scientific Reports has mapped the continent-scale ecological footprint of Australia’s four ...

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

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 ...

The Australian government already declared flying foxes, a species of bat, as vulnerable due to habitat loss A record-breaking number of flying foxes died during Australia's recent heat wave The ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mia Mathur, a volunteer at Tolga Bat Hospital in Far North Queensland, Australia, bottle feeds an orphan spectacled flying fox. | ...

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 ...