Malayan flying foxes are primarily nocturnal, which explains why this bat hides from the sun. The bat in the video uses its wing to cover its face, which seems very vampiric in nature. However, ...

Its most accurate name is the latter because the Malayan flying fox is not actually a fox. It’s one of the largest megabat species in the world and goes by the scientific name of Pteropus vampyrus.

Pteropodidae is their scientific name, derived from the Latin words that mean “wing foot.” The family of fruit bats is known as megabats, old-world bats, and flying foxes. Commonly known as the ...

A child suffered severe injuries when a flying fox cable snapped at Quinney’s Bush campground in January. The cable had been inspected a month before and showed no cause for concern. The ...

The South Burnett Regional Council has adopted a new plan for managing the Blackbutt flying fox roost, with local councillors calling for state ministers to step in and help resolve the issue.

Tourism New Zealand campaign gets green light, a faster way to detect cancer may have been found and New Zealanders going overseas has shown its first sign of slowing down. A child’s “severe ...

Flying foxes wreak havoc across Queensland, with noise, odor, and property damage costing residents a pretty penny, but soon people could see some of that money back in their pockets thanks to new ...

The Recovery Plan for the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus was prepared by the Australian Government and has been jointly made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity ...