A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New ...

Anyone with a pool knows how easily animals can become stuck swimming in circles. It’s not uncommon to find insects, mice, ...

A man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was bitten by a bat in northern NSW and contracted a life-threatening ...

The New South Wales resident was bitten by a fruit bat many months ago and it is only recently that he developed symptoms of the deadly viral disease ...

A NSW man is fighting for life months after being bitten by a bat, sparking a warning from authorities. A ​NSW Health official today said the man in his 50s from the state's north was in a critical ...

Now scientists have discovered that nocturnal fruit bats (flying foxes) possess cones in addition to rods. Hence, fruit bats are also equipped for daylight vision. Skip to main content.

All bats — apart from the fruit bats of the family Pteropodidae (also called flying foxes) — can “echolocate” by using high-pitched sounds to navigate at night.

Flying foxes-- giant fruit bats that look like winged German shepherd puppies-- are in trouble. But scientists suggest a new way to help protect the bats on the Solomon Islands: working with local ...

Fruit bats hanging on tree branches in daylight in Bangladesh on November 6, 2023. ... flying, blood sucking without coagulation, or eating fruit and not getting diabetes,” Ahituv said.