Native to South Asia, the Indian flying fox, scientifically known as Pteropus giganteus, is a remarkable nocturnal mammal. With its impressive wingspan and fruit-eating habits, this species plays a ...

Plantasia, Kew’s summer festival celebrating the positive effects of plants, is underway. Researcher Olwen Grace highlights investigations in the Jodrell Laboratory on Aloe vera, one of the most ...

Malayan flying foxes are primarily nocturnal, which explains why this bat hides from the sun. The bat in the video uses its wing to cover its face, which seems very vampiric in nature. However ...

The Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) includes general restrictions regarding moving of roosts that are relevant to genus Pteropus. However Pteropus conspicillatus is not listed under the ...

This is the first time in nearly 50 years that a new plant genus has been described in a U.S. national park, since the discovery of the July gold shrub (Dedeckera eurekensis) in Death Valley ...

The Recovery Plan for the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus was prepared by the Australian Government and has been jointly made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity ...

Grant of Employee Stock Appreciation Rights (ESARs) Under the "Employee Stock Appreciation Rights Plan 2019" ("ESARP 2019") ...

Scientists in the US and Australia have laid out in detail the steps that cause Hendra virus, which causes a rare and sometimes deadly respiratory and neurological infection, to spillover into humans.

Learn about our Editorial Policies. “It was totally depressing,” rescuer David White tells the BBC. About 10,000 black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto) also died during the same two days of extreme heat ...