These Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus), unlike most other species ... rarely echolocate when commuting from one foraging site to another, as they’re flying over the tops of trees and ...

Bats rely on flying to survive. Whether they are insect hunters or fruit foragers, they need to be airborne to eat. Whether or not they go out likely depends on food availability and energy balance.

While Kerala’s proactive response to the Nipah threat is commendable individual awareness and precautionary measures are ...

Caption Egyptian fruit bat flying. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the April 19, 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS.The paper, by Michael M. Yartsev and Nachum Ulanovsky at ...

Pteropus dasymallus daitonensis Daito flying foxes hang from tree branches ... Late last year, a resident of Minami Daito Island spotted a young fruit bat bleeding in the street, apparently ...