Record-Breaking Number of Flying Foxes Die in Mass Mortality Event Triggered by Heat Wave in Australia

Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service's (WIRES) Storm Stanford told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC ...
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Soaring temperatures down under: Heatwave crushes flying fox colonies in Australia

Quick Take Gray-headed flying foxes and black flying foxes have died in the January 2026 heatwave in southeast Australia.

The Human-Sized Bat That Inspired Vampire Legends

Bats have inspired many pop culture references, most famously vampires. But did you know there is a species of bat that looks ...

Over 72,000 flying foxes perished in Australia’s black summer, scientists warn climate change

Thousands of grey-headed flying foxes have died in Australia’s extreme heat. Scientists warn climate change is intensifying ...
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Flying foxes and kangaroos rescued from bushfire and heatwaves in Australia

Flying foxes and kangaroos were rescued from bushfires and heatwaves in Australia. Humane World for Animals Australia ...

NSW heatwave kills hundreds of flying foxes, orphaning baby bats

A devastating heatwave swept across the east coast of Australia over the weekend, resulting in an unprecedented loss of black ...
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How do Australian Flying Foxes compare to Blue Devil Baseball and Softball players?

A platypus playing in the river, tree kangaroos hiding above and bats screeching overhead… this isn’t the Duke gardens! 10,185 miles away, three Duke students find themselves in Yungaburra, Australia.

'Flying foxes', otherwise knows as fruit bats, plague Australian city

Screeching all day and night and piles of excrement are just two of the anti-social side effects of having a huge colony of ...