Flying foxes are the largest bats on Earth, and consist of more than 60 species that live throughout remote islands of the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well is in parts of continental Asia and ...

After four years of conservation action, the number of flying foxes — large bat species — flocking to the Indonesian island of Mantawalu Daka has grown from around 8,000 to 40,000, according ...

In 2015 and 2016, in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, the government killed over 40,000 flying foxes as part of a mass cull campaign, even though the local species, Pteropus niger, is ...

The flying fox is the last endemic mammal left on an island that has been heavily impacted since humans first arrived. It is believed Christmas Island first emerged from the north-east Indian ...

On the island of Mauritius (map), in the Indian Ocean, lives a curious-looking bat.It’s called a flying fox because it's rather large, with a wingspan of 2.5 feet (0.7 meter) and a fox-like face ...

Komodos, flying foxes, crazy drivers: All part of the wild life of Indonesia. July 9, 2015. ... as well as Labuan Bajo, and Ubud and Nusa Dua, both on the island of Bali. ...

The Greater Mascarene flying fox (Pteropus niger), a threatened key pollinator and seed disperser on Mauritius, has been the target of two government endorsed culls. This material relates to a ...

Sadly, the Christmas Island flying fox is considered critically endangered, and has experienced a steep decline in its population in recent years. Back in the early 1900s, researchers described them ...

In 2010, Ferit Temur , a German conservationist, noted that bats are important in ensuring the health ecosystems of this resort island. “The Golden-Crowned Flying Fox has been known to aid in ...

Led by the University of Sydney, a scientific team has analysed the nutritional content of Christmas Island flying foxes' diets and found that introduced plant species do not provide a balanced meal.

Flying foxes are the largest bats on Earth, and consist of more than 60 species that live throughout remote islands of the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well is in parts of continental Asia and ...

Flying foxes are the largest bats on Earth, and consist of more than 60 species that live throughout remote islands of the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well is in parts of continental Asia and ...