A hospital for bats? Sounds unusual, but this unique place does exist. In far north Queensland, Australia, a short drive from Cairns, there is a rescue center called Tolga Bat Hospital. It is exactly ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Australia is famously a place with some of the world’s most dangerous and frightening ...

Bats are often thought of as smelly, ugly and noisy, but a study has revealed their poo could be worth hundreds-of-millions of dollars. Published in Nature's Scientific Reports journal, author Alfredo ...

Australia used to incinerate the large fruit bats, but research suggests they bring hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits to the country’s economy. By Anthony Ham The grey-headed flying fox is ...

Flying foxes are a type of bat within the Chiroptera order of mammals. There are several different species and, unfortunately, two native Australian species have suffered sudden and dramatic losses ...

Hundreds of dead and dying flying foxes are lining the streets in Katherine and Pine Creek, south of Darwin, after a cyclone swept across the NT last month. Wildlife rescuers are trying to save as ...