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A TEENAGE girl has died from a brain-swelling bat virus which experts fear could be the ‘next pandemic’. The 18-year-old ...

Nipah virus, first identified in 1998, remains a deadly threat due to bat reservoirs, human practices, high fatality rates, ...

Fruit bats come in various types. The genus Pteropus contains about 59 species. Let’s take a closer look at a few of them! #1 Large Flying Fox Commonly known as the Malaysian flying fox or the large ...

GIANT PHILIPPINE BATS; Santos-Dumonts of the Archipelago Give Rise to a New Sport -- How American Officers Go Out After Them with Guns About Dusk.

A resident was amazed to see a family of fruit bats sleeping on a tree above her window. Footage shows the five winged mammals hanging upside down on the branches as seen outside the home in ...

The Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park, on the other hand, is a known habitat of globally important species such as the Endangered Negros Shrew (Crocidura negrina), Visayan Spotted Deer (Rusa ...

The declining population of Philippine fruit bats due to hunting and habitat loss is a significant concern. Conservation efforts are underway to protect these important pollinators and seed dispersers ...

When not gliding, they look like a bat that sits on a tree trunk – not upside down – or a squirrel with loose extra skin. Sunda colugos are greyish brown in color, while Philippine colugos are usually ...

The skies above Boracay’s beaches used to be filled with the majestic sight of fruit bats at dusk. Today, their absence serves as a silent reminder of the cost of rapid development.

It also impacts all the other animals that rely on the fruit. Elephants, orangutans and many other endangered fauna relish the durian, while bats and other pollinators help sustain its diversity.

Some locals eat the bat’s meat,” Tan told the Philippine News Agency. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said the large flying fox feeds on fruits, nectar and flowers, hence ...