NEIGHBORS: Flying fox bats roost high in trees near homes and businesses in India’s Kozhikode district, where two people died in a recent outbreak of the bat-borne Nipah virus.

Flying foxes, India's largest species of bats, spend 7% of their day-roosting time being vigilant of their environment and predators. A study of three colonies in Assam's Barak Valley found that ...

Between 2003 and 2020, the total number of roosts in the region tripled, while the size of each bat group declined. In addition, the roosts grew closer together, and the bats foraged in smaller areas.

The grey-headed flying foxes weigh up to 9lb and have a 3ft wingspan. Locals and tourists adore them. But their numbers have swollen to 22,000, and they are destroying some of the gardens' most ...

His work aims to help prevent virus spillover from bats to humans. “We’re studying transmission. How do bats encounter horses? How and when and how much virus do bats shed?” Ruiz-Aravena said. The ...

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 ...

WALLACE Park's flying-fox camp appears to have had a noisy resurgence as anyone heading near the Noosa Library will attest.

Revealed: Where and how the Gold Coast’s bat colony has grown up around the coastal suburbs. A new report has revealed a remarkable surge in the number of flying fox roosts on the Gold Coast ...

It’s not an effective strategy, as the bats have a tendency to move between roosts. “They’re continually replacing each other,” says Clare Wynter, flying fox coordinator with Canberra ...

Then there’s the noise of a thousand squabbling flying foxes in a roost. In the 1930s, ... This crops up a lot. Flying foxes, like other bats, have remarkable immune systems.

The world's largest bat species play vital roles in their ecosystems, from seed dispersal to prey control. These megabats, ...