Of the total bat species in the Philippines, 26 are from the Pteropodidae family known as fruit bats or flying foxes; 17 of these are endemic to the country. Eleven of the 12 threatened species ...

Philippine fruit bats might be entirely new species of their own, DNA suggests Banner image of a large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus). Image by Wilhelma Kalong-Flughund via Wikimedia Commons ( CC ...

She mentions the Philippine bare-backed fruit bat. There were no sightings of that species between the 1960s and 1990s, so it was declared extinct. But it was rediscovered in 2000.

MAYANTOC, Tarlac, Philippines — To go bat hunting, ... Most of the bats keep dozing. They’re fruit bats about the size of a child’s fist with taupe fur as soft as a rabbit’s.

Fox bats are large, fruit-eating animals that are found on tropical islands around Asia and Australia. Their wingspan can reach five feet and their bodies can be as long as 16 inches. 3 ...

A 2011 study estimated that bats provide anywhere from $3.7 billion to $53 billion worth of pest-control by eating bugs, and over 300 species of plants depend on fruit-eating bats to spread their ...

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. Share full article. Aug. 31, 1902.

Picture of 'human-sized bat' from the Philippines goes viral, netizens spooked out Viral post suggested it is giant golden-crowned flying fox, tweeps shared more information ...

There’s a Filipino kid in the lower corner, for scale, next to a motorcycle and a basket of fruit hanging nearby. And in the center, a slumbering man-sized bat creature that’s pretty hard to miss.

The population of fruit bats living in a sanctuary on the Philippines' Samal island has grown to such an extent that many of them are now looking for new places to roost. To relieve overcrowding ...

The bat is called the golden-crowned flying fox and is native to the Philippines, it has a 1.7 m wingspan. Twitter user @AlexJoestar622 created the viral tweet and wrote, “Remember when I told y ...