These Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus), unlike most other species of bats, are diurnal and have great vision. But they aren’t just using their eyesight as they forage for ripe fruit, ...

Crocodiles are hardy creatures, yet even these tenacious reptiles surprised researchers after a group was found in a dark ...

This bat loves to eat figs, and three species of figs have their seeds spread ... The masked palm civet lives in trees and eats mainly fruit, and can sometimes be found in urban areas close ...

Of the world’s 1,400 bat species, only eight live in Minnesota. Four of the eight spend the winter hibernating ...

Species being proposed for delisting include the ivory-billed ... and the last verified sighting was in 1944 despite extensive searches. Little Mariana fruit bat: Also known as a flying fox, the ...

These include the H17N10 subtype identified in fruit bats in Guatemala and H18N11 isolated ... to infect and be transmitted between new species. Thus, it is imperative to monitor the emergence ...