The project involved luring fruit bats into depleted areas by using synthetic ... The situation is equally troubling in the Amazon, where 17% of rainforests have been lost and another 17% degraded ...

Hordes of horror films line up for Halloween and a sleigh full of Christmas movies arrive annually in December, but there is ...

Approximately half of moths have hearing abilities, and he’s particularly interested in a group that can hear bat sonar and make ... in South America. In the Amazon and the Andes, he and his ...

DENR-12 said the area is recognized as roosting site for two fruit bat species – large fying fox and island flying fox. “These bats play a crucial ecological role in seed dispersal and pollination, ...

The insects can eat twice their body weight in sugary fruit without increasing their blood sugar. What’s going on in their ...

From its white, fluffy fur to its cozy sleepover parties, the Honduran white bat is so unbelievably cute it’s hard to believe ...

Ten rare fruit bats have died at Jersey Zoo following an outbreak of infection in the roost. Initial tests have indicated that it is due to a bacterium called pasteurella multocida, which ITV News ...

The bat enclosure has been closed for a week and the Livingstone fruit bats moved to a non-public area to make it easier for zookeepers to care for them. Matt Goetz, interim zoological director of ...

The team captured two Furipterus horrens — a type of “thumbless bat”— marking the first time the species has ever been recorded in the Ecuadorian Andes or found outside the Amazon ...