The only mammals that can maintain sustained flight, a fruit bat can give you the heebie-jeebies while flapping close past ...

The hamamas tube-nosed fruit bat has been named after the Papuan word for 'happy' A bat from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea affectionately known as 'Yoda' has been given official recognition ...

Between October and December, around 8–10 million straw-colored fruit bats migrate to Zambia’s Kasanka National Park to feed ...

Bats play a key role in maintaining the health of forest ecosystems as pollinators, seed dispersers and insect pest ...

The animals, also known as spectacled fruit bats, were unable to survive in temperatures ... decline for a species that isn't under a great deal of pressure outside of these weather events ...

KOCHI: Fruit bats causing damage to crops is nothing new. But a farmer suing the forest department seeking a huge compensation for the loss he incurred owing to the flying mammals is not something ...