Flying foxes, or fruit bats, are familiar to many Australians. So it may come as a surprise to learn two of the four mainland species, both gray-headed and spectacled flying foxes, are threatened with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A single photo is giving conservationists hope for one of the world's rarest bats. A wildlife photographer on ...

MANILA, Philippines — Environment officials have documented a rare instance of nursing behavior between an endangered large ...

In Far North Queensland, one special winged mammal helps keep rainforests alive. The spectacled flying fox travels vast distances each night, pollinating flowers and spreading seeds far and wide. But ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—From some 8,000 miles away, Mississippi State scientist Manuel Ruiz-Aravena in the university’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center is studying flying foxes, or fruit bats, in ...

MANILA, Philippines — Environmental officers in Cotabato have documented a rare instance of an endangered large flying fox ...