On rainy nights, the sky belongs to the raindrops. Birds have settled in, insects hide, and bats—nature’s only furry flying ...

These Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus), unlike most other species ... rarely echolocate when commuting from one foraging site to another, as they’re flying over the tops of trees and ...

Birds are not the only creatures that can fly. Here is a list of animals that have the ability to soar in the skies ...

Caption Egyptian fruit bat flying. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the April 19, 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS.The paper, by Michael M. Yartsev and Nachum Ulanovsky at ...

Flying foxes, also known as fruit bats, are large bats, with wingspans of up to 1.5 meters and can weigh up to 3 pounds ...

Scientists tell CBS News that 300 species of fruit depend on bats ... communities that exist here. Bats can exert a suppression effect on insects just by flying around," Rachel Blakey, an ...

Flying foxes are absent from many of their ... Three breeds of the animals, also known as fruit bats, migrate in groups to certain parts of the country, depending on when their food is fruiting ...

Pteropus dasymallus daitonensis Daito flying foxes hang from tree branches ... Late last year, a resident of Minami Daito Island spotted a young fruit bat bleeding in the street, apparently ...