Humans can contract Australian bat lyssavirus, a potentially lethal type of rabies, through bat bites and scratches. The 30,000 gray-headed flying foxes in Yarra Bend Park, just outside the heart ...

Such large groups of gray-headed flying foxes, a species of fruit-eating megabat that measures 11 inches tall, are no longer uncommon sights in several Australian cities, including Melbourne.

Hundreds of flying fox bats fell out of the sky after struggling to deal with recent scorching temperatures in Australia. "They were so dehydrated and heat stressed that they just couldn't get ...

Australia’s flying-foxes are vital pollinators of our flowering forests and a raft of species, humans included, rely on that. Australia is home to five flying-fox species – four on the mainland and ...

Researchers have found that South Australia's population of grey-headed flying foxes, which took up residence in 2010, has been exposed to a number of viruses, including Hendra virus that can be ...

Flying foxes are slowly moving further west across Australia in search of food and shelter due to habitat loss and the effects of climate change in the country's eastern states. For the first time ...

Flying Foxes and Lorikeets, native to Australia, are mysteriously falling from the sky and were discovered across a wide area in southeast Queensland and northern NSW this month. Some of them were ...

On the hottest days, a refreshing mist will cool down flying foxes, which have suffered mass death in Australian heat waves. By Natasha Frost Reporting from Melbourne, Australia Every evening ...

These large bats are called flying-foxes. Although we see lots of bats in the suburbs, many types are endangered. Learn how to protect them. There are over ninety species of bats in Australia ...

Doug Gimesy As darkness descends across the eastern coast of Australia, thousands of gray-headed flying foxes take to the skies. Armed with a keen sense of smell and sharp night vision ...

Grey-headed flying foxes have been found in camps west of Adelaide for the first time. A researcher says the animals are heading further west for food and shelter as more habitat is lost across ...