Record-Breaking Number of Flying Foxes Die in Mass Mortality Event Triggered by Heat Wave in Australia

Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service's (WIRES) Storm Stanford told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC ...
AZ Animals

Soaring Temperatures Down Under: Heatwave Crushes Flying Fox Colonies in Australia

We explain why so many of Australia's flying foxes have died in the first weeks of 2026 and what could help them.
IFLScience

“Loss Of A Whole Generation”: Heat Wave Kills Thousands Of Australian Flying Foxes, Pushing Some Further Towards Extinction

Only six years after record-breaking summer temperatures caused populations to crash, this could push two species close to ...
AOL

This Yawning Bat May Just Melt Your Heart

There are over 1,400 bat species in the world, and they are almost exclusively nocturnal. Bats have traditionally been classified as Microchiroptera, or microbats, and Megachiroptera, or megabats.
IFLScience

Flying Foxes Include The World's Biggest Bat And The Largest Mammal Capable Of True Flight

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The Conversation

Yes, spectacled flying foxes are noisy and drop poo everywhere. But our rainforests need them

I am a non-executive director of Terrain NRM Ltd, which may contract with the Commonwealth and the State of Queensland for works associated with the spectacled flying fox. I have no direct association ...