The Christmas Island Flying Fox stands as the final mammal species on an island that once housed five. These fruit bats, found nowhere else on Earth but this remote island northwest of Australia, face ...

James Cook University (JCU) researchers are calling for urgent government support to protect the spectacled flying-fox from ...

A plan to build Queensland's longest flying fox across the Brisbane River with wheelchair accessible features couple happen. Landfill zones in Sydney are on pace to be filled by 2030 unless action is ...

A wheelchair-accessible flying fox could be built over the Brisbane River under a proposal for the high-octane attraction in ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Just like humans, flying foxes have thumbs. These thumbs act as hooks, which enable the bats to climb up trees ...

Feb. 3 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in Australia responded to a hotel where a bat apparently attempted to take a drink from the swimming pool and became trapped in the water. Kate CJ Murphy, president of ...

In Far North Queensland, one special winged mammal helps keep rainforests alive. The spectacled flying fox travels vast ...

Scientists at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have identified a new virus in Australian flying foxes, a discovery that strengthens Australia's preparedness against emerging infectious ...