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

Flying foxes are a type of bat within the Chiroptera order of mammals. There are several different species and, unfortunately ...

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer

Volunteers found thousands of dead bats at Melbourne’s Brimbank park, wildlife expert says ...

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 ...

Crew left in tears over disturbing find at Aussie park: 'They were everywhere'

Authorities have been accused of 'failing' in their response to the escalating situation. Find out what happened.

Queensland to continue to allow farmers to shoot flying foxes after revoking ban on controversial practice

Conservationists and scientists criticise state for backtracking and say alternative non-lethal methods such as netting are more effective ...

Over 72,000 flying foxes perished in Australia’s black summer, scientists warn climate change

Thousands of grey-headed flying foxes have died in Australia’s extreme heat. Scientists warn climate change is intensifying ...
Mississippi State University

From the Deep South to Down Under: MSU flying fox research, new technology combine to prevent viral transmission

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 ...
The Chronicle

How do Australian Flying Foxes compare to Blue Devil Baseball and Softball players?

A platypus playing in the river, tree kangaroos hiding above and bats screeching overhead… this isn’t the Duke gardens! 10,185 miles away, three Duke students find themselves in Yungaburra, Australia.