Next to Rockhampton Airport is a large botanical garden filled with thousands of flying foxes, and when the sun sets these creatures come alive and cause headaches for incoming flights.

Little red flying foxes are tree-dwelling bats. In daytime they can be seen roosting in giant camps that may include as many as a million individuals. The bats are indeed efficient fliers ...

Gray-headed flying foxes are actually the largest native bat species in Australia, with wingspans up to three feet. They’re found nowhere else in the world. But as urbanization destroys their ...

Infection with Australian bat lyssavirus is serious but extraordinarily rare, and there are effective treatments. So there’s ...

While flying foxes are known to carry Australian bat lyssavirus and Hendra virus, there is little to no risk of infection unless an unvaccinated person touches them. For people enthusiastic to ...

The NFWC received the colony of nearly 30 bats from the Jacksonville Zoo recently and the center is excited to allow visitors ...

In the city of Rockhampton in Queensland, a flying fox population has been bothering humans for a long time. But now the up ...

The commonly named "flying!' squirrels and "flying" lemurs actually glide or parachute by means ... Actually, a higher incidence of the disease is found in skunks and foxes than in bats. In the United ...

South Burnett councillors are calling on state MPs to step in and witness the first-hand impact of flying foxes on the local ...