Gray-headed flying foxes are actually the largest native bat species in Australia, with wingspans up to three feet. They’re found nowhere else in the world. But as urbanization destroys their ...

As soon as Sydney Wildlife Rescue volunteer Bel arrived, she immediately got to work disentangling the bat, whom she identified as a grey-headed flying fox. “It took over 25 minutes to free her ...

The bats’ camp may now be stable, but the animals are still in peril, especially the mothers and their pups. Pope explains that for the first four weeks, they are strapped across the mothers’ chests, ...

In one day it was 10,000 and of the youngsters of the Grey-headed Flying Fox it is believed that only 20% survived last year. In January 2018, hundreds of fruit bats fell from trees during a heat ...

They aim, as Entwisle puts it, to give the bats a “bad hotel experience”. The gardens trust already has permission to attempt to move bats out of particular trees. They have tried hanging plastic bags ...