Across North America, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and other pesticides had a significant impact on bats from the ...

Northumberland Zoo is hand-rearing one of the world's largest and rarest fruit bat babies, who has been named Fender. The ...

With no confirmed sightings of it in over 50 years, the little Mariana fruit bat has been declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Fruit bats are known to dip down into water for a drink and sometimes misjudge the depth, leading to accidental falls. This bat may have mistaken the pool for a freshwater source and gotten more ...

20 new bat viruses discovered in China's fruit orchard amidst ongoing COVID surge; Are humans at risk?

Livingstone's fruit bat pups are born a couple of weeks after 10 adult bats died from an infection.

The Little Mariana fruit bat slipped into oblivion before scientists even had the chance to learn about its biology or behaviour.

Regulatory DNA helps fruit bats to control their blood sugar and ensure their sugar-rich diet doesn’t do them any harm, scientists have said. Despite gorging on sugary fruit, fruit bats suffer no ill ...

Why Don’t Fruit Bats Get Diabetes? New Understanding Of How They’ve Adapted To A High-Sugar Diet Could Lead To Treatments For People Why Don’t Fruit Bats Get Diabetes? Fruit bats have honed their ...