Bats are surprisingly good swimmers, but this little guy needed a hand to make it out of this Queensland pool.

Fox bats are large, fruit-eating animals that are found on tropical islands around Asia and Australia. Their wingspan can reach five feet and their bodies can be as long as 16 inches. 3 ...

Australian health officials are urging residents to avoid handling bats after a man who was bit months ago reportedly died ...

A split image showing an Australian flying fox fruit bat and a pair of horses. Flying foxes are hosts of the Hendra viruses, which can be transmitted to horses—and subsequently humans—causing ...

The Little Mariana fruit bat belongs to the "megabat" family – a grouping that contains some of the largest bats in the world. We know hardly anything about this fruit bat's biology – what ...

UPROOTED: Across tropical Asia, deadly outbreaks of Nipah virus have been traced back to the fruit-loving flying fox bat, pictured here in Kerala, India, in February 2022.

Health authorities believe the man who died from a type of rabies in the state’s north was bitten on the finger by a bat ...

Why Fruit Bats Are the Planet’s Most Intriguing Wildlife.mp4. Posted: June 13, 2025 | Last updated: June 16, 2025. Did you know the Rodrigues fruit bat (a.k.a. "flying fox") has a wingspan of ...

A man is critically ill after becoming only the fourth known person in Australia to be diagnosed with a rabies-like bat virus ...

The first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) has been reported in the state of New South Wales, involving a ...